WEATHER
PARTLY OIIIIT WITH LOCAL
TBIMBBRMOWEftft HV»iI
ARB MBBBAT
VOLUME BIX; NUMBER 111
150 DEAD IN SAXONY RAIN STORM CATASTROPHE
EXPECT IMSE IN NTT AND COUNTY TAX NAfErYU.NET Mtf
*. * o * '•* ' 9 u fl r
Three Towns and Villages
Swept Into Chaos in Less
„ Than Three Minutes Tune
Two Tatars in TourUt
District Along Elbe
and Tributaries Suffer
Most; Water W&U
Seven Feet High Roll
ed Out of Landscape
Onto Peaceful Valley;
Property Damage
High.
PRKBDBN. Biour. July
Fully ISO persons hove lost their lives
is i iyasi rtls rionp flood to Box*
ony.vuieh without warning '**ft »
wnvp seven feet U|i nnd thro* towns
and villages Is tlis nffsetod mrsn Into
-herr in Isos thaa thro# minutes.
Property domes* today wos e*ttm
oted et If.MO.SM morkt or 12.M0.000
The bodies of hnndreds of cottle
drowoed in the flood were reported
to he menacing 'he health of the popu*
lotjpn In the flooded regions.
* Twe tnileye
Hie stricken orono incindo two,
ml leys in the tavorli* tourUt dls
ulct along the Elbe nnd ito tributar-1
tee with Pirns, wel* W#S» » «wt
iws Mnrtegß no o center end the
heert of the celebrated Germes watt*
rdndtrY where o doe yean «W
rtone bridge, the pride of the city,
wos weshOd owoy. All traffic woe
paralysed throughout the ores ood
telephone communication wos being
re-s’te bits bed today only with grant
dlffiralty.
The dienoter come so swiftly it
for mooy of the vTc
tlma istke refuge on house tope or
to find other means of escape. Heart
teodering scenes were enacted every
where and children t6doy were wan
derihg In,search oFi their parents
while distracted fhlaUves nnd frlende
were trying to identity the victims o'
what was tl \r worst flood disaster to
strike Oermeny this summer, which
already had bee- filled with weather
enteatrorfces.
Fifty Bodies Recovered
More thnn M bodies bad been re
covered from the rules The flood
ranched height of 1* feet before it
receeded. Refugees forced to flee
from their homes were up to their
seeks la water before they were able
U reach safety. Others who sought
•efety on housetops experienced n
night of horror eg rushing waters
ihreetened the foundations
Inhabitants of outlying villages,
surprised tn their sleep, were drown
ed wtthont haring an opportunity to
seeh escape. TbU accounts for most
of the casnaKtee. Great masses of
lumber from saw mills smashed eve.
rythlag to their path, causing enor
mous damage. It le feared that many
tomtste were among the victims.
RAILROADMEN
; DISCUSS CROPS
mi omN4p mm w«a r*km
CMrtßr «■* Hmr—
Fmnswr Owfkt b* Treated .
«*?**«»▼,* > N» "
A (roup *nf official* at th*
■n«r white bout* today during a
...alar laapacfioa of th«ir proper
tie* In tkia territory and gar* Preal
deat Coolldge a highly encouraging
report on middle western crop
proepecta.
Kali road" ar* maaalng their force*
for the ourement of" ■ tnreir'T crop:
they told Mr. (Soolldge. which In
their opinion, will break all record*
If unforeseen contingencies fall to
intervene they coo»ider that ba*in»*‘
would he accelerated generally bat
they added that while bu*lne*« la not
no briek now, no artificial stlmula
ilon or legislation wa» necstsary to
•id in Its holding iu own.
THE GOLDSBORO NEWS
READ IN THE MORNING WHILE MINDS ARE FRESH READ BY BUYERS BEFORE THEY BUY.
RALEIGH GREETS
MAJOR DARGUE
rl •'V-•V " 'h *
Opening Raleigh Airport Mark
ed By DeioonstratioM for
Army Flier
RALRIOH. July A —<iF>—A welcom
ing den.onetration to Major H. A.
Dargue. Pan-American goodwill air
tour pilot who stopped here this
morning. In which the mayor* of n
■cor# of surrounding cities marked
the opening of Raleigh's municipal
airport Governor,A. W. McLean and
General A. J. Bowley, commend!qg
officer of Poit Bragg, also took pari
in the celebration.
While nearly a dhsen local nnd
visiting planes circled overhead after
escorting the amphibian "New York."
1 which led the 20,000 mile South Am
erican ,tour last winter, to Raleigh’s
new ffeld. Major Dargue landed and
received a welcome almost an. great
as those he encountered on the South
| American Jaunt
j Hnndreds of automobile* wet up a
clamor ot Welcome as Thv A et plane
other than n local onr alighted oa
the new deld. Several thou** ad spec
tators extended an unofficial welcome
to the goodwill Birr wiho by bis lead
ing "christened” the Held for th*
world’s air traffic.
Major Dargu. will continue north
ward to I-sngley Field, and then to
Washington, from which city he start
ed several weeks on a tour which
Includ’d two-thirds of tba United
state* At noon today he was guest
of honor at s huge luncheon given
at the Sir Waller Hotel.
The local, field has been 'u u*» for
several yeans, serving as a landing
Held for occasional visiting planes
It has not been under municipal con
trio, however, until recently, and un
attd the single locally owned murhin-’.
til It was acquired by the city through
lean# was not In condition to aecotn
iLodate heavier type machine*
BLOCK BOOKING
HELD ILLEGAL
Famoas-Playeru I-aejiy Cor
poration Ordered to Ceaae
Illegal Practices
WASHINGTON. July * <**>— Block
booking of motion pictures la illegal,
th* Federal trade commission held
today In an action agalnat the Famoua
Player*— iataky Corporation. The
commalslon Issued an order requiring
the corporation* to ccaa* requiring
motion picture thentr«*i to take all
Alma in a block or group or none nt
nil nnd from other practlc*# held lo
be Inrestraint of trade
The reepondanla are required to
fail a report within sixty day* aa to
the manner in which they have cotr
pJM with Mug,writer FaeAhar a**-,
.ttendihaa mill rtrpaad upuu tka chAf
acter of that report.
W r
*t»'rt« Tdlr ffflrAi' Oh jn.t II
CHICAGO. July * Young Hiribling
of Macon. Ga . has signed to Aght
Qtto Von Porat. Mlntx Spoils heavy
weight. »s the wind-up on a card at
Mliineapolla on July 21.
RYABY »•«H TWiU
WEEKH EYrABFMKJir
TV HNHTON-BALBM. July te——-
With all equipment packed and plac
id in the baggage car*. Company G,
120th Infantry Is to leave this after
noon at 4:20 for Camp Gleen, More,
head City, tor the annual two weeks
encampment of the |2oth Infantry
of th* North Carolina National Guard
GOLDSBORO, N. C. SUN DAY MORNING, JULY 10. 1»27
SPECI AL CAR TO j
BANK MEETING
Dnmmi Chapter* of N. C. Insti
tute WIU Send 26 Repre
sentatives
RAI-.BIUH July special
ear will carry the largest delegation
In the history of this state to the
natlonil convention of the American
Institute of Banking, to be held in
Detroit July 11-16. A doaen chap
tars of the lastltute In North Caro
lina will have 24 representatives
hi the gathering.
A special car with It delegates
left Raleigh this morning. While atilt
another car, containing eight North
Carolina and nine 804th Carolina
banker* left Columbia at the same
time. These care will be Joined by
other groups of delegates from all
sect loas of the *<Vuth
Cincinnati will be the concentra
tion' point for the Southern delegates,
and about 2SO men and women will
spend Sunday there as guests of the
Cincinnati chapter of the Institute.A
special train Monday will carry the
entire delegation to the convention
city, where the more than 3.000 dele
gates will meat for five days.
DR.UNVILLE
WINS APPROVAL
*s
Slate Hospital Director* Com
pHb>—t Work Dene by
New Superintandenl
Crp. Inner 1 Dt. W. C. LinvLia
f 't the ropsf ckml) successful m.lll
- In which he has operated the
State Hospital here since becoming
superintendent, the board of director*
of the hospital, meeting here, adop
ted resolutions pledging their loyalty
and support to Dr. Linville •”ln his
services to the etate and mankind. ’’
The resolution* were adopted at a
full meeting of the boat'll here. Aside
Cnom the resolutions, «>uly routine
business was transacted by the
board. The expression of (he board
aprtroving the work of Dr. Linville
bears (be date. July 6.
The following resolutions was pre
sented by Mr. L. M. Blue and sec
onded by Dr. J, E. Hart and was
unanimously adopted.
"Standing at the end of the fiscal
year, we naturally aweep the horlgon.
look back a* well as forward. We
Had clouds here and sunshine there,
Dr. Fslsoo, Superintendent for 2<V
year*, modest, pure, competent and
faithful, answered thv boat nut n’« call
and his pasting cast a pall over the
Institution but hi* friend. Mr. Lin
ville, trained tor the work, inherited
hie mantle. Not In office yet a year,
Dr.. Linville has complete control of
the Institution in every detail, ha*
deiiionetrated his fitness fog the posi
tion to a conspicuous degree and the
Board of Directors desire to give ex
fyesilon tp their absolute confidence
In bis ability and integrity and pledge
to him their loyalty and support In
bl* bankas* the Htate and man.
kind.-V* «*•
L. M Blue,
—s. * SecrrV*^^
CHICAGO USED
UP G ASOLINE
Filling Hi alien Attendantn amt
Wagon Tank Moo Get
.'*} Y strike
CHICAOO. July #.~GF|_Aa Chica
go's public gasoline supply dwindled
rapidly and motor vehicles deserted
th* streeta by the thousands the flrat
strike of Ailing station atiendagjt* of
the auto era wa* compromised today.
The Ailing MafTou ; >altendaiita de
manded a Flfl a month iboreaa* and
got $5 added to their salary of 1140.
Gasoline tank wagon drivers, -former
ly paid $175 a month, got an increase
of S7.So a month. They demanded n
116 raise and e week’s vacation with
pay The agreement called for th*
Immediate return to work of all cm*
hloyeee It j|}l| axplre two year*
from today. ■
J* L. Hatcher is “Very,
Very Low,” Early Today
The randhien es J. I. Rate her,
I 7 Ml. Olive cue Injured wkaa his
itulcmehlle Hl< -truck hy ets*
drltrn I) Spriufiel I, Ms.*,
yen'bv4t.fr IVettheaduy night, it
I t.Vlctk ik|> moruiag was tv
petted as “very* lew."!.
Friend* >v bo bed kept close watch
upon hi* madllien wondered it
he weald he alive nl dawn.
The body of Deter Rooney, kill
od In the «ame accident, was yes
" terdajr •.hipped le hi* heme la
t priagfkld. Be**.
William Galas and Aldore lllf
noa, Springfield youth* who es
caped with alight lajurle*. are
still la Jail here. A telegram re
eel ved «teted with W. J, Gran-
Meld, NpriaffMeld attorn was
on kh way Month te represent
them. They are charging with
aiding and abetting In the death
• es Beeney and with Inreeny es the
Hudson automobile in which they
were riding.
Mm J. 1.. Hatcher, Injured la
the same accident, continue* to
softer pain, hot her condition Is
wot regarded a* serious.
RALEIGH POLICE
ARE NOT GUILTY
Solicitor Bnuwfieid Attackn Stu
-4..1 nnu» i« » JJ
To Jury
RAIAUUH,
elgh policemen, one charged with
violating the probihtlon law and tka
others with malfeasance today ware
acquitted by a Wake county Superior
court Jury,
Bollchur Hrasafleld In hi* argu
ment to the jury bhterly criticised
W. K Wilson, the state's star wit
ness, fqr writing the editorial on law
enforcement whkh appeared la a
Mate college publication
URGES WOMEN TO
SHOW INTEREST
Misa Well Telia Charlotte Wom
en I-eague iMeMabons Most
Work for Purposes ,
The North f'arottua Imagne of Wo
men voter* will never accomplish Its
purposes so long as ttg member*
piously fotd their hands and take ,no
active part In bringing the purpose*
to 4*as. Mis* Gertrude Well, Golds
boro woman and president of the
l eague t* quoted aa haring declared
In an addreaa before th* Charlotte
unit of the organisation.
She commended the Mecklenburg
unit for its antftmnced Intention of
demanding purging of th# election
Kata before another election. and
stated the aim* of the Htate league.
These were given as the Australian
ballot, pannage of .the law compelling
people Intending hfntarry to ghr* two
week* notice; enactment of legisla
tion perfecting that which would kgep
children under 16 from working over
A Hours a day.
Also there la a program, *he said
to the legal status of worn ad.
and to * work, for welfare education,
,so«lal hygiene and welfare of women
Iln Industry
Aa -Ssu Ukut ffc*
oepartjttpgt es at the
league work for the gyetentton of
War by carrying forward a flexible
grogram Intended to support the
United State* government In It# ef
fort* to Innure world peace.
Bhe called for political education
1 among women, saying they *hojld
' -tudy problems of Htate. Nation and
: the World, and apply themselves to
tie cure of -wrongs. .
The Je*gu? It committad to n
program to send la the I*sgl*l>lusa
i ,nen t and women and comadttad to
• legislation championed hy th* league,
■ -he said.
I FAM.M FROM RAILWAY TIEMTLK
» WINBTON-&ALEM, July ».—(AFV
' J., H. Bruffy, 40. Oreenaboro Road,
• is in a hospital suffering wWh a brok
> eh rib after he la aald to hav* fallen
from a railway trestle. "
APPEAL UNDER
CONSIDERATION
BUt« Equalization Board Aak*
Counties! for Detailed Valu
ation Lieta
-A ,v
RALEIGH, July »- <*) Th* State
board of equalisation has under ad
visement complaints of various conn.
Lea heard yesterday in the distri
bution of the special school fund
authorised by the IR*t
tad ha* resolved to ascertalu and
correct any equalities In approprla
lions, said a statement Issued today.
Each county has been requested by
the board to make out and furnish
the board a detailed classification of
ull property with aeperata valuations
ti* to each class!fleatWl?. This will
come under the quadrennial r*-aa
s-essment of now being
mode ad will greatly aitalat the board
members said, in arriving at a hot
ter distribution of the equalising fund
Ir the future.
_— f»
RUTH IS AGAJN *
AHEAD GEHRIG
Collacta Two Round Trip Tlck«U
In Find Gbbm Against
Do trait
PETjtorr. jmg i. gpv-d#4»*u
defeated th* Yankees under a 14 to 4
aeore tg the second game of a dmthl*
'“ijiitgl’ aa Uraahoat
end of a H to 7 score la th# opening
eonfcb!. : -—'. • *
Babe Ruth got a pair of home rape
In the opener, giving him St for thg
year, one more than bis teaiu mat*
Gehrig:
——-
DUPLIN BOARD
MEETS MONDAY
Will Consider Joint Erection if
School With Lenoir
County „
The Duplin county Board of Edu
cation will meet Monday morning
to taka oft th* matter of the con
struction of n Joint school by Lenoir
and Duplin counties, nee* Pink Hill
B. C. Hlak, superintendent of the
Dupilh syntem, will lay the matter
before th# board, wtth the view of
passing on the matter of an appro
priation of about $12,000 to apply <*>
tb# construction costa of a building
at that place, which waa recently
condemned by state insurance offi
cials.
The school la used Jointly hy
both Lenoir and U>e adjoining
county, the former appropriating a
fund for this county'* «har#,. %ev*r
al week*-ago.
It wa*’ reported d>tna time ago
that the Duplin board could not get
together when the board Was- re
quested to appropriate Ita share.
/Woman Bound Court Under
SI,OOO Bond Booze Charge
A woman L u> he tried lor fitting I
and abetting in rum-running 'in \\aynr
con ufy. • -sf-
Mrs Henry Bond, of New Bern
y*at«rday gave bail to the *um of
sl.<MM> for her appearance when call
od on a liquor charge. Mr*. Rond la
the wife of Henry Bond who
in Jail h-ee. Bond, officers state,
confessed that he wa* the driver of
the Kane* Hpeednter that wa* wrecked
with a Afty gallon load of whlakey
we«'f Os the city la»t Sunday after
4HWE.. A lT veer bo? waa. wRIL
Mt. and Mr* Bond In the car at the
time of the accT&ent He la a apn of
W. L Ogleaby. father of Mrs. Bond
lof New Bars, according to Informa
tion her*.
j' ■ Bond persuaded- a panning au
tomobile to niah him. hi* wife and
I the boy to a heap It* I her* after th*
accident and then escaped by falling
to ent*r for i»atas«at He hired a
New Tax Books Expected Show
Wayne County Weakk b Oil
$3,000,000 Over Last Valnn
FORD DID HIS
. OWN TALKING
*
Attorney ■ Not Couaultad In Do
ciaion on Jewish Race t
About Face
DETROIT, July »-(/PJ—htdlcattoa*
that ‘Henry FMrd did his owa talk
ing' sad played hie own hand in mak
ing hi*.peace wtth the Jewish people
ware given added weight
further evidence r that InqteqFeth#
army of regular Ford legltl talent
participated la the overture* that led
to the automobile manufacturer’s
apology for AaU-Jewish writings la
bis Dearborn Independent.
In disclosing these writings, Mr.
Ford explained that the wide scope of
his act Ivlins had made it Impossible
for him to devote hie personal aitaa
tlon to the conduct and policies ot
bta publication* and that he waa
obliged U> delegate tbelr manage-
Am aHiaga -
_ ", -1 1
la nagolstlag with Jewish leader*
iw » Public repudiation of th* hoa
tU* actJcle*. hMrever. Mr Pori ap
pear* not only to have taken Arm
hold btjneeU but to have Igworild the
aitroaeys who 1 epreeentad klar ta the
libel action of Aaron Mapiro. os* ot
th* outgrowths of the writing.
KINSTON BOY IS
DEAD FROM FALL
;Pgyii* Hunter Kell From Raft
er* Above Dance Hall Floor
Striking Head
Payee Huntley, 14. son of Claude
Huntley, of Kinston, died nt I o’-
clock yejtcrday morning aa n result
of Injuries sustained In nn accident
*1 summer resort near
Kiaaton. late Friday night. Golds
boro people enjoying aa outing at the
Kinston resort wltaeMed the acci
dent
Young Huntley waa eomethi*g_4tL
an acrobat sad continually amused
hlmsolf and crowd* at Lakeslda hy
climbing amouag th* rafters of the
dance pavllllon and doing "stunts.”
He gjarted a climb Friday night, sad
nl th* top of the building fell, th*
back of his head hitting the dance
hall floor with terrific force.
f At first ‘it waa not thought that
he had been seriously hurt., “What
Is It all about,” h* had enquired of
bystander* who had picked him ap
after the fall. He never knew, for
blarknea* gripped him and six hours
Inter, denth.
taxi *pd wettteted «w«r te. JhHF MAh,
jsssi&Lu m\iA Aumf
car bernese tb* taxi drvter would
not drive fa*t enouxh for him, so it
I* said. <
. Provided with a description of th#
man. an axent of the' Th*ft Bureau of
the State .automobile department, ar
rested Bond In New Bern. Upon ar
rest lie confessed to-have been th*
driver of the car and to hav* equip
ped It with a amok* screen device.
...He. *aa. remanded to JgU hftct- Yfa.-,
ter«l*J[. his wife .cam# foreword sad
ball waa furalshd for her hy a Mr.
Purefo t y of New Bern.
Mr*. Bond 1* described aa about
nineteen year* old. and pretty. Bond
ta about twenty-atx.-
The Essex In which they were con
veying a full load of whlakey has
a specially constructed reap com
partment which allow»d a large car
go of the whit# lightning.
Member &| I
The Associated >■
Press I
prick mi cum
City Valuations Expect
ed Show About 111,-
500,000; This Figure
Lack Being
The Total Estimnte
Aldermen U• e d to
Budget Estimates;
Equalisation Work
Starts Monday.
A toooot la tbo city and cowtr Hi
rttM will la all probability ba the
ant Item of beotae## la ordor qfejli
tbo report oa yalaoftao for tax tary
parpoeee la oomptetOd.
Infonaatlea eoexred la ft »tady «i
an Ux appratoale aeeamd ta Mb
cat# that tb# dtp of Ootdeboro Mil ■
probabiv .bow a ralaatkm of PM**
•M <bi« roar IMMdN abort eC ftp
ftaaroa oa wblob tbo elta allania
Fork U waablp Talaatloaa bare boo*
boon tentatfrely ftalohod aa4 (ft
tboao fixed at tbo Uat pryrtaat Tatar
atlca. 0
if tLs tie *
county aa a vital# to la inpwSft
to tbo Fart niftb, Vim eta**
tax booba tbio roar will ftav wealth
thro» lallltaa detlan laoa.tbaa thfiar
.bona** tbio
t i coaobtar tbo awttor of tap nlab
tioaa fixed ape* bp tbo appraloara
aad tbo, will ooattaao to adjoarr.
from far bo dap aaiil tha matter la
completed. Tboy boaa to ddtaShite
tb# val.uatioaa bp tbo Aral at Ihfbat.
Tboao wbo aro familiar with the
•Ituatloß oxpoet that wry aooa atU-j
--this data, that matter, of
tbo tax retoa tor both tha eoMtjr
oad tbo est Mil be aeoeoaary.
Tbo aood far (be iaeroaae la (ft
city tax rate will bo area from t|c
fact that tbo badpit ooaaaatttoo of
•bo est fatboro Ogarad ror—aoo for
tb# ofty «a o rolaaUoa of IIMtMM.
Tb# booba wboa ftally adoaptobatT
art aot axpoebai to abow over A *»t
#ation_of_|l MIWN. la after a oft*
iTaroaara from tbto dlafaoa limb
iba city may look aaaaa IU.7M of eh
talniag tbo tax levy iaoaoy they ft
rati mated at a It. 31 rata. Bapeate
belly# that (bar# will be ao altorft
tlr# bat that of ratota* tha fade.
If tb# eooaty ralaatioa id a whtfo
fall# off tbo three mttUoa lb to ex*
parted to fall oft; the oonaty refU
b# approximately HUN aft la In
revenue over that which ohoeld bare -
been collected oxdor tartoa of the
pool year.
Wijm’i uuMt tut* tha past
r**r wu appraihaafly
Those «bo torn atadlad tha rstarad
this r«ar la tfea mow Bgaras bailors
that tha total ralaaUoa wUI trap I*
H«.ooo,o#t.
AUTO TAG SALE
HASINCREASED
Ovrr IS 1,000 Pistes Pmt !«*
A* Afilnaf 17,Mt Aim .
M-ukjA-t Tmt :p
' GREENSBORO, Jalf %-W) Bald
of aatoawtlls Masaaaa thla year ia
far la asoaaa at tha uai parlat tor
th« past two ysars.it was aaaoaae
td bora today by tha Ciroltaa Mata;
which U dlstrlbotfs* MIWM
Tha past mvqU 0 total «( ItIJHM
platas wart sold, coatparad wtth t7«a
Ml darlac Juaa IPM.
PIBBT BILK Ut}4>
corrop MiAfum
SAVANNAH. Jaly b-UPV-Tha ftoaf
bala of tha IM7-M niltap jtllf St
Havanaah was aaetlooad this asaratag
by Joha W. Ota—oa. Bataao B—PA
aap Co., at M oa—a | NWt,