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VWIUMMI 'r v fertty MmSmCt I* «Mt VOLUME SIX; NUMBER Ml TENTATiyELY SEAJ SEVEN JURORS IN GATUNXASE FEWER MORTGA GESON WAYNE FARMS Tn t » . ■ » 0 o * CHARGEGIRL SLEW FATHER WmtwtvOi ClwlliWM la Pack* •4 1\» OvarflawtaurAi Caaa CMa Uadsr Wsy QUESTION OF RBUGION IS BEOUOHT TO FRONT fletw TMUUvdy Seated An AS Mm as Large P “ ,IB “ *■ WENTWORTH. N. C-. Feb. 14-<d>> - The question of religion «u brought aqua rely to tha front today m Mate jkfease tllUd over tho sel ection of a jury to try Mra. Alma Patty Gatlin far the ana murder of her father. Railth T. Patty. ■ Mora than a thousand spectators who thronged every available apace la the little eeertroom leaned forward tensely «o catch every question and adjournment the day found only seven tentative Jurors selected from 43 esaastaed. The questioning which went into church affiliations as well as Into other phases of the prospective Jur ors fives, delayed the proceedings and evoked several sharp tilts between counsel. When the long day came tp a clone the defense had exhausted seven of Its twelve prompty challengers while the state used only one or Its four. The tentative Jury list, however, Is sahject to challenge from the state wh ch may strike out tilths more If that right la exercised. ■ All Jurors were asked whether they were married nn«l had children. With-, out exception the tentative Jurors art sen of large families. NEW AGENCY FOR CHRYSLER HERE Opening of Howell Mo tor Coos pony Is Set For CoMlttg Saturday The Howell Motor Company will have Its formal opening ag local agent foi the Chrysler automobiles Satur day, the llth in the building negt ' door A City Hall nu the north side. John D. and Lester Howell are the ptoprletora of the new concern. Both mi n are well add favorably known la thie duct lon. John D. Howell having been foreman at the Goldsboro Oarage nnd Spence Motor company for a num ber of years and for the paet year or more baa operatsd » garage of his own on Mulberry afreet and Lestpr Howell a lifetime resident of Wayne county near Opldsbora While the 'Anderson Wsrd Motors of Wilson, distributer*, according lo a statement made by Mr. Cooley of that firm, regretted the loss as agent of the Boaey Motor Company which tamed Is IU franchise on account of ,Iha continued 111 health of Mr. P. Roney, Sr., it feels that after the care ful consideration given that It has sel ected a compAent agency for local distribution of Chryslers. Mr. Cooley went on to say thtf the Roney Motor Company had glvVu, grest>atlsfac tloa both In its aetrvlce'Ttr'lhe people of this sscllon snd to his ronesrn as veil. A of ths service the new agency I*lll give U repair work of a high order not only on Chrysler <ars but on all makes. Mr. Jonn How ell himself enjoying the reputation of Ixlng ons of the beat mechanics In this entlrs section, having been s stivllous workman on aunomoblief lor oyer thirteen years . located as the Howell Motor rom , pnny Is la ths heart of town, with a good car to sell and good mechanics grant success for It. FRIM'KTON RIGHT OLYMPIC THREAT MRW YORK. Feb 4—<*)-Prlnce : ton whose crew provided an upset last resaon by heating Yale, may provide another this year by winning ths right, to represent the United Stales In pljnM»eg. _ THE GOLDSBORO NEWS READ IN THE MORNING .WHILE MINDS ARE FRESH—READ BY BUYERS BEFORB THEY, BUZ. O » * * I ■ •> T|™— Race For Sheriii Wilt Be 1 Interesting One in County Ge| 1141 Gallons Whiskey In Craven NHW BERN. Fob 14—(A*)—Fed r •ml prohibition enforcement offl- I | cere today brought the total I amount Os liquor seised In this see- HUon for the month to over 2.000 gallons A total of 1141. S gallons of whiskey were taken today In a “feed barn" agents reported, at the i home of Ray Gaskins, 10 miles north of here. Gaskins wss arrest ed and given a hearing before U. 8 Commissioner Joseph Nelson. He BRB hound over to Federal court under »740 bond. „ - -W ■■ ■■ _"■■■■■■' ■" i«j MEN SURRENDER AFTER ESCAPE r ■-- - / Twe Brothers Eluded Officer , Lancaster But Were Recog nized By Hint i - 5 Ear! and George •Witberlngton. brothers, said to be of Wayne county, surrendered tn police here yesterday morning and gave bond the sums of which copld not bo learned last night, for their apperance In court Thursday morning, on charges of hsvlinf 0 In their possession and the transport lag of whiskey The two men esepaed from ofricar Grover tawaiUt Monday nlfht when he attempted to arrest them. The Hudson sedan In which the two men wars riding on North John streel-. Monday night, collided with a car driven by Hugh Rtxpua. Officers loin | cast'r and Chink Rhodes, wreck went immediately to tfca j scene. Here It was said, the odor of whiskey was strong. Just aa tho orfi cers reached the wrecked cars, one of the Witberlngton men was seen com ing from a field toward the cars. The ■■/fleers suspected that something was going on. but left In a few mlnutea as If going hack lo town, the victims cf the wreck having already left, pre sumably lo get someone to Low them in Officer .Lancaster returned lo the scene of the wreck about twenty mlnntea later, and went Intq the field from which he had seen the man come r. little while before. After • looking around a bit he found six gallon Jugs of whlakey As the local officer put It, te Jftat “sat tight" right there the ground, and walled "tor about two hbura" About nine o'clock twa men approached the spot wltera Lancaster was walling, and when they were al most lo him .he reached out to grab tha pair. Thay turned and ran. how ever. escaping In the dark, but not be fore ha had recognised them. - BELIEVE IT IF YOU OIK CHICAGO, Feb 14 ~UP)~ Domestic tranquility may hinge on the color of the mop handle or the shade of the sink. That being true, experts In Inhlbf tlona and complexes today told the Il linois retainierdware Association that couples pn their way lo the altar should stop |n the nearest psycho analyst, that the bride to be may be color analyzed. r Hickman Is Sentenced To P- Hang for Crime, April 27 IX)8 ANORLKB. Calif. Feb: 14.—<A»} —William Kdjvsrd lllckman today was seatenced t be hanged April 37 for the kidnaping anfxntfing of Mar ian l*srker. Sentence was fsronouuc • ed by Judge J. J. Trabncco. Hickman will be banged unle*s his . attorneys are successful In an appeal : to the elite supreme court. Two wit i nessek werv pieced on the witness s sUnd to astsbllah the crime and the i degree of mprdar. . _ a I Hickman waa ordered turned over - Grant, Byrd, and Possibly Gar* rieon and Smith Will Be la Primary With tha county DemocAHtk pri mary still pore than thraa months away, the political pot Is beginning.to boll and within tha next two weeks la expected to be going furiously. Gossip in courthouse circles foresee the moat interesting race aa centering around the position of Bherlff. “Are you going to make the race,' Sheriff W. D. Grant iho present In* ruiubent was asked "I have been making the race all tha time. I go along Ibat way," said tha ahariff. "and It tha people want me to have the place again I am cer tainly hare to serve them. „ Other man being mentioned as can didates for the place are Jim Ilyrd Os Ml. Olive and Paul Garrison of Golds boro. Mr. Byrd la commonly accepted as already being in tbr race, and he kaa begun die visiting of hia friends In various parts of the county. Mr. Byrd was a candidate for the nomina tion in the laat primary. Report has had it that Paul Garri *on. who conaidsred running the laat lime, will be In the race. “Are you going to rutfT', Mr, Gar rison waa asketf "I don't know yet," he replied, "1 will talk to you about It later," and he turned to hla real estate work which occupied him at that moment. Whether or not Gurney EmUk. one of the moat active candidal eg, In Ufa I sat oamaaign will again offer, la not known. Beveral months ago he was konwn lo he of'a lo enter ,-ttnln but expressing hat not Ix-eti hoard. General opinion has It that stioriff Grant la the leading contender. It was pointed oiit that hla fine handling Os the I.sirv Newsome case haa strength tued him materially In tha county . JOSEPH LEADS ROTARY MEET .. , Ladle* Will Be Entertained On February 21: No Manque* rade Party A discussion of classifications and completion of plans for ladies night a week tstecjptrked laat night's sfa alcn of tha Ooldaboro Rotary club at the Hotel Goldsboro A. A. Joseph outlined the responsi bilities of every Rotary club to main tain the highest standards of Rotary In ” selecting classification repre sentatives and pointed out that this Is a distinctive feature of Rotary work. He quoted from officers of tha Inter national organisation In making hla points. c Derek Hartshorn, Jr., waa present to solicit subscriptions for tha Golds boro High School News and signed up the membership to a man. Tom O'Berry, In charge of plana for the ladles nlg'ht entertainment on Tuesday. February 31. announced that lit# affair would not be a masquerade party. The meeting hour will be at 7 o'clock for this occasion instead of 6:30, the regular hour. Mr. O'Berry requested that couples tie In the dtn- Ir.g room of the hotef by 4:46. A program of gaiety and entertainment la being worked out. v - , to the sheriff nt once for transfer to Ran Quentin prison. The prisoner, who bad stood erect to hesr his sen tence proonuured, dropped Jieavily| into hi* seat after the last wmd fell from Judge Trnbucco’a lips. Dr. A. F. Wagner, county autopsy surgeon, testified to hla examination of the mutilated body of the Parker child and Harman Cline, chief of de tectives, repeated his testimony of (Continued on Page Tw«t GOLDSBORO, N. & WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY IS, 19'JS V “ * E. L MIDDLETON DIES IN WINSTON .Sunday School EMottttUve Had Number Relative* and Many Friendn Hero K. 1,. Middleton dor'alor* than 30 years secretary of the Sunday School Board of the Baptist Elate Convention aid wall known in Goldsboro, died yesterday morning In the Baptist hos pital at Wlneton-Batem. Mr. Middle ton lived In Raleigh for many yehre. A year ago the Ruhdky school execu tive waa In Goldsboro and assisted the First Baptist church In its enlarge plant campaign. While in tha city at that time he stayed In the home of tin nephew W. P. Middleton -Two days after he returned to hla office in Ral eigh he waa taken 111 and aahort rifh* luler enlerend the hospital in Wins ton whore he had boon for several months. * * • ' % ' Funeral services will be held from Ha church In Durham at • 3 o'clock tills afternoon and a number of rela tives and frienda will go from Golds boro. Among them will bo Mr. and Mrs, YT P. Middleton, Mr. and Mra. 11. 8. Middleton, Mrs H P. Fenton, and Mrs: W. E. Porch These are' nephews and nieces of N»a deceased, who was a brother of the lata D. (\ Middleton of Goldsboro. Ber. A. J. Kmlth pastor of tha First Baptist church planned lo attend tha funer al. < " , u Kdwin Lae Mlddletdn waa bom September 10, 1»4« near Warsaw In Duplin county, and was the son of DxvM John Middleton *’ and Lucy Pearsall Middleton- He attended lotna field Academy near Warsaw and latar College, graduating from that lasttiatliHi with the degree of hachehyr cf n In lUnj. For th'rty clgh: y<-arr Mr. Middle lon was a teacher, ultteteru of these years In public and .private schools of Wllaon. Durham and Cary Tha other ulncteen he spent In Hund.iy school work, as secretary of the Hap tlst Stale Fonvtiintlun trying lo get bigger and belter Bpptlst Sunday j schools. t During the past nineteen J years he saw the North Bap tist Sunday schools grow from a mem bership of 139.000 to 323.7T7 and tha growth of the schools In efficiency lo Ills unceasing interest' and work. , Mr. Middleton waa a member of the Woodmen of the World, Royal ar canum. and Junior Girder. His churrh membership was with tha First Bap tist church. Ha had bean a regular" re ntribulor to the Biblical Recorder since 1904 and was the author of ‘“Building a Country Sunday School." In October Mr. Middleton mer ited Mlsa Mary Kva Itiggsbec. who survives him. slso two chlldsen, Ro|t rit Lee Middleton of Nashville, 'IVa ncssee; and Mrs. J. S. Ilr.nwn. of Tampa. "Florida. Another daughter. Lucy, wife of R, W. Taylor, Jr., of Morehead City, died In 19*4e *• a FORMER LOCAL MAN IS DEAD W. H. Carr, of Mrs. D.l L. Jones, Dies in Rex Hospital W. If Carr, former resident of Goldsboro, died last evening at 9:30 in Ytex Hospital, Italetgh, after a brief illness. ' Mr. Carr formerly llvml In Golds boro but for the past ten years had . made hla home hi Raleigh where he was employed with the Carolina Power and Light company. The deceased Isiju'dttp’d by his wld rw and lb/ foUfJnnl'Yhltdrea; Mr*- jT. R. Crusenberry JTRocky Mount; Misses llssie. Alha May and Kvelyu of Raleigh; Jeff of ltalelgh. Mrs. D. L. Jones of Oodsboro la a slslsr. Funeral will be the home of J. J. Wallace near Clayton at 3 30 ’ this afternoon and Interment will be made nearby. - ■■•■**,. -hi—Ji., ; d..Aa, .u , .»-.xor Expert Declares Outlook For Flue-Cured Weed Bad ‘L 4 Dr. Forster Says Earner* • Should Not lacroaao To bocco Aerooite The 1 outlook for flue cured tobacco Is leas favorable thap It waa oaa year ago In spite of the Continued upward traud la tha consumption of clgarettaa a*, home and abroad. Dr. O. W. Fur#t er, head of the department of agri cultural economics .st State college says. Tha erop of 1934 waa. closely In line with manufacturing and export 're quirements and brougM the growers an average of 34.4 cents a stimulated by Gila price and by the tact that cotton waa low. ’the tobacco growers Increased their production 33 1-3 percent tn 1137. partnof which v-aa due to the unusually high acru yields. ' The total production la estlmaied at /BS.uoA.uou pounds which Is by far tha largest crop of flue cured tobacco ever grown. Dr. Forster said Tha price in 1937 bald up unusual ly wall thinks Dr. Forster, due to a rum bar of rsaaons. There wars some new companies entering tha cigarette manufacturing field, the production of hurley tobacco was abort about 30 per cent and otbar factors helped (o bold the price to a fairly good level. The situation la such this yaar. however, that a large crop of barley Will be planted and the flue cuYed crop may there fora aspect decreased consumption during the following ytar. ~ Dr. Former saye that there is the question of foreign competition elan. In a number of ftritlah African col onies, a tobacco similar to thd fine cored la now being grown. Rummnriatng conditions. Dr. Forster Males that the stocks of leaf In tke Hinds or the dealers and mknalactar era on July 1 of tbla yaar win >e large; competition among buyara for the next crop will be lass arrive and 1 1, :-, fore any liicresse In acreage In lb.' .flue cured belt this year wHI tp i. t’te risk of lower prices for tbs weed' whan It la ready for the mgr ket. APPROVEMONEY FOR DRY WORK • mmrnmnmmtmmmm Houae Recommends Bill Carry* in K 912.000.000 For Prehl* bltkn Work ,t . *k WASHINGTON, Feb*> 14— series or unsucceaafuj efforts by v/ets to reetrkit prohibition enfoeeq ment, tha house today approved m commendations of a H2.0U«,0U0 allot ment of tha prohibition bureau actlvt t'es during (be year July 1, Approval without change also aa ylven to an appropriation of 124,000- 000 for Ihe coat guard, part of It to be used In carrying on that services war fare ggalnst rum runners. , . McLean to Represent State At Ceremony HALKIGH. Feb. 14- oP>~Gowriter tonight m-rapted an Invita tion to deliver a message on behalf of the State on the occasion of the’ Inauguration of Dr. Francis F. Gainst aa president of Wake Forest College, April 36, at Wake Forest. Senate Battles Over Probe Suggested For Utilities WASHINGTON, Feb. I*4— For more than four hours today the tide of l-uttla over the Walsh public utilities Investigation resolution ebbed and riowfcl 4K, the Henate with Its auff porters still unwilling to fix a defin ite hour for a final vote. Debate appeared to be drawing to an and. however, and It was hoped to reach a vote early tomorrow. This will coma not on the Walsh reauttlou Itself but on Ihe amendment of Hena- Jor George, Democratic, Georgia, Id 18,000,000 Verdict Against Duke Estate NEWARK, N. J, Feb. H- GTh * Federal court Jury tonight ra turned a verdict of M.OM.ttM for Oaorga D. Haskell, New England manufacturer in hia suit for 000,000 against the estau of Jamas B. Duka, tobacco magnate. Tha Jury deliberated five hoars. Hask ell. president of a machine com pany of Springfield, Mass., sought damage from the Duke estate al leging that Duka haa repudiated aa agreement to enter tha alumalnum business and had sold out to tha al umnluum company of America. SAY RARBERS : FOR LANGSTON * v , ■. ' Durham Rgpert Has It Tint Tonasrial Artists WUI Battr Politics ribllHAM, K|b 14—Ratal tat ion will aought In tha coming Democratic primary by a barber of North Oaroltaa Una against soma of these man who are alleged to have blocked tha bar bers In their effort to secure tha pas sage a measure craatlag a hoard i of examiners for epplteanta, If la lormailon melvail hare la to' tw h*- 1 Hvwd. ' 'r* «** The bill waa not adopted Yha barbers feel that cartato member* of the bodies of the legislature used their ufluence te prevaatt, Its paaaaga- Two cf these men are acthr* candMatas for llauiaaant -governor, namely R. T. Fountain apaakov of tha home sad a resident of Rocky Mount, and W. H. & Burgwyn, of Northampton, speak er pro teqi of the aanata. Aaoordtug to local barbers, these men. together with others In tha two honaaa ware re sponsible, to a large extent, for thwarting tha plan for'lmproving tha trnde of tho barbers In the state. Col. John D. Langston, of Oolda boro. the third man In tho race for thq office of lieutenant governor, Is the i favored candidate. From tha moun tvlna of North Caroline to tha shorts 1 , of tha broad Allantic barber* will •xart themselves In behalf of the Goldsboro nun, local barbers any. - ■ i Theatrical Manls~ Tried in Wttiid|igtdn Fob” 14M^>—Two trials luvolvHig George Wents, thea trlcal charged with aaaultlng HriiciTJewell. theatre other, ware held hew^tMay. Wepts answered charges of aaaaull tng Jewell at a local theatre where a company waa giving a show. Judgment I In this case waa lefj open and bond r Wants, V* . In second trial Wants wqj gjßy Indirectly Involved, Jewell end two of hla friends appeared to answer 1 charges of aaaaulflng,. Wentg at hit hotel abort ly after the belVßtg 1 been completed. They submitted to tha, charge and ware taxed with tha cost*. have the enquiry conducted by the federal Trade Coufmlaalon Instead <>f by a special committee elected by the Senate. Proponents of the George proposal believed it would prevail by a narrow margin and If approved the ras# the 1 senate won Id be expected to adopt the emended resolution, although the run n'ng f're of debate a number of aeon tors have Indicated disapproval of any further investigation of the utili ties Industry. [•■nTisisr PRESS Vrig ttu-tj PRICE FIVE CENTS MOST COUNTIES HAD INCREASES Vaa • la ItIO S7J Prnat Owasr- OpersU* Paraw la OMwtjr . *»*—* 7J^ r 1 IN 19X1 PERCKNTAOB DROPPED TO IM FWrarw Art PrftaUjl M Water la Oorvsat Univer sity Newt Letter While the percentage of awmese* on owner operated feme taseanesi to* el«fw.ikeen %].>«!k /Umollba nmeetlee UI llXlf'lßrtV NOfTi VirINIVI OMNHMHI hetween lit INK. the terete* * inee ter Wayne decreased t.t peraant In thta period, according to atafteHae given by P»u! W Wego*ta the Cur rent iaane of University «f NMI Qn linn Newt Uttar. In lUK the percent of owner operated fame la Wtyee area IT.• end la IMS the peraant had * dropped to JM. The atate aa a whole wlltoaood hat a sllecht Increase in the psrssntega of mortgaged tome freea »|t to IMS. the inereeae beta* front 1«.« to IK.t percent Tbla le considering eely laraaa operated by the ownera. Tito percentage of mortgaged tome la ( North Carolina le far below the per centage for the Whited itatee ee n whole, the latter flgere being M l. This le partly One no 'dealt to ha * smeller amount at capital taveetetf In United Staten aa e whole owger epel* ord farms (land and .MHtdingt only) If. the mountain larp er percentage sh the ogoetal plate wad tidewater fountlee. High and laorege- ’. tag tenancy rettoe tend °* <**n* to radece ths nhmber of enenlihaPnd owners Danre eonnty haa only TS ownor-op craled farms and non# of tbeee re ported any mortgage Indebtednem In TBM. Several of the moantata pens- Ilea reported very, few mortgaged (amp Orgeat reported tbe lh|geel percentage of encembefwd farms, M.t percent Os tte N7 tame operated ter ownera Ml reported mortgege deta in the male, however It le the tide water counties which eewed the larg est*, percentage of mortgaged ferns maty-three conattea ehowed a high er percentage of mortgaged tense In I*2l (ban In 111*. Thta to not aeeea acrUy a sign of retrogreeetea The mnr 1 tgage In many eaeeO may/bp dee to of eddHtanal end Os the ccnatroctlon of are buildings. le eth er capes H may rapreeent greater fac ility la using credit eepeatelly Idfg trim credit In farm operations. CARPENjiiS WAN AFFRAY •Will Ourlcy, local enrpentat l /*ne being held In tha city lack ppMaat night pending the oetaen at tejerlee of Jgmas Bryant, another local‘aerpw n't. Hi ra affray near John and (telly streets late yeeterdgy afternoon Aer ify waslalleged to have atrnoh Bryant rcroaa the light with • eoen- ' coin bottle In what police described ns a- drunken brawl," Bryant was carried tea Ideal bee pltal for treatment and H wan feared ■ that he had anatataed a ftwetere of the shell. Polks saw that he wn* having "spells” of raving Id Which he Wde completely oat of Me mind Per earns time after the Mow ea the hand. At the hospital at * o’clock Igkt night, however, Bryant wne reported eg asleep. ■ALBINO TftDnrii BT riAIRBVILUt O.rsk. 14-<BJ Two route who Ofnctato believe may Week while being taken from Leßter rtte, tnd , to the state ralr meter*. ; 9 ■‘4 sis d
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