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WEATHER Cloudy ui ncfc colder wKh * cold wav# la west. Rain In Baal Friday. VOLUME SIX; NUMBER SOI THREE DIE AND 10 ARE HURT IN SHEBY BLAB Shelby Counts Cost Os Fire That Reduced Hotel Block to Ashes Fir* Inaaranc* o—ilrote—r! Orders Two lUa T* Make litmUpUm FIREMEN FROM OTHER CITIES BROUGHT AID Two Drag Stones, Two Books, Aod Hotel An Priscipol Loom In Blf Fire SHELBY. F*b. *3—UP)—Three men were killed or fatal!y Injured and a tiocen or more persona more dr lean seriously 'hart In a fire that today re duced the moat Important bualnees block la thJe city to raioa. The loaa ia estimated at around 1600,000. The hiaae for a time threatened to pet beyond control and it waa only by aid of Charlotte, Gastonia, Kina* Mountain and Cbarryvllle firemen that It waa subdued after more than 6 hours. For several hours fighters and em ployees of the Central Hoftl in which all the loea of Ilfs occurred believed that the death might be higher, bat alter a careful search of the emould erlag ruins ft eras fixed at three. Some twenty or more guests out of the 65 that registered at the hotel last night had not been located. But this was credited at being due to contusion a*d the fact that some left town at o*oe 1 ' Dr. J. R. Henderson. Charlotte, salesman for a wholesale drug bouse, waa found dead a few feet from a fire escape, and H. H. Chamichael, Income tax Inspector for the Internal Revenue Bureau with headquarters in Charlotte, war found dead with hie shoes oa but otherwise übclothed. Henry Kerr, an employee of the hot-' el died of Injuries received In a Jump from a third story window after flam es had ent his eaoape. A. B. Bug*, a Durham hardware naleamen wag seriously injured in Jumping from the third story while W. L. Epps.Jt. of Charlotte was hurt In the tame manner, but not badly. » Mies Emma Frick who visited in the hotel, waa cut aud burned In (he b*iid. B.G. Uregg, a Shelby fireman, waa ent about the face and ba»t Is when a floor caved Ip under him. N. C. Bossy, elate Insurance In spect rr, ordered two men to the scene at once to investigate The entire block was occupied by lb* Oeatrgl Hotel, wblcjt bad a por tion of the first floor and all the sec ond and third floors. Part of the first floor waa occupied by the First Na tional Bank which had an estirfited >osa of 110,900. The Central Hotel Company lost 6100,000 with Its fix turn. The Cleveland Drug Company lost 130,000. SUvenson Drug Company lost $26.000i Union True* Co., |5,000; Key t Club, no loss given. --1 r ' - J ■ .o ' , ' On Trial For Bombing Os Illinois School 4 OTTAWA, 111., Feb. em heard with apparent un- today the state outline Its case against him at the opening of a chtrgc of bombing the Pleant Val ley school houae. fIOOVER IS FOR PROHI MEASURE Replies t* Questionnaire That Amendment Should Bo Enforced Strictly WASHINGTON. Fob. W-iA*)—Her bert Hoover la opposed to repeal of the prohibition amendment and far ora "efficient, vigorous, and sincere enforcement of the law.” He feels wh-> ever Is elected president must uixVr hla oath, pureue this course. Th* commerce secretary outlined his views todey In tho raply to the ques tionnaire on prohibition which Sena tor Borah of Idaho ta addressing to alt avowed caadldates for tho RepabU can presidential nomination. THE GOLDSBORO NEWS READ IN THE MORNING WHILE MINDS ARE FRESH—READ BY. BUYERS BEFORE THEY BUY. •'' • < » COTTON SPACING EXPERIMENTS » » R. T. Winters of State Codogo Concludes Interesting Findings RALEIGH. Feh. 23—<A»I—R . Y. Winters, director of tho State College station her* Operated by State Col lege baa concluding some interesting cotton spacing experiment*. He find* that maximum yields of cotton cannot be secured unless there are A sufficient number of plants per sera, evenly d'g|rlbuted In the row and properly spaced. Before the coming of the boh wee vil, the cotton plant had the entire growing season In which to set and mature a crop. Earltneae waa not so Iraprotapt _ provided the cotto® opened before frost, On heavy aylls. one plant every 16 to 34 Inches'or 6,000 to 9.000 plants per acre, might have produced about as much cot ton as closer spacing. "Under present conditions. It Is Im portant to aecura early fruiting and also to control tbs growth" Dlrsctor Winters soys. ; Unthlnnqd plants were Included in some of the earlier testa and In sev eral cases outylelded all the thlnn*4 r plants. This la. not practical, the actor says, however, due to the extra test of keeping the grass and weed* out of the growing crop. Hie eummary;>. terger yield* can be secured from eight to 12-|nch spacing* than when bills are farther apart. The closer spacing produces an earlier crop, which la very Important, under boll weevil condition*. •With the wider spacing*, the yield and earllness can be Increased to some extent by leaving more plant* lo» the hill, but Ist not equal to the closer spacing* In either yield or earllness. & The wider spacing* produce larg er plants which shade the middles more, making conditions more enable for the boll weevil. Cotrhts made on the three plant# to the hill plants have shown that In 50 percent of the hjflls having three plants that at least on* failed to dev elop. The other plants got a quicker start and crowded put. TBHXIH TOFSNRY AHEAD RALEIGH. Feh 2T-jfe The Ra leigh tennis club stars want a swing at Tllden, Hunter and Hennessey, slated to appear In the North-South an nual tournament soon. Hugh Letter, president. Bob Wins ton. M. W. Green, Bob Strong. Bill Schroeder, ranking local members, may go to Plnehurst as a team with other* to be aelected, to aee If they can do any good. Winston has donated more than an acre of ground for new courts here where the state tennis meet will be held In May. Thomson Has Nothing To Say About Political Reports "I can’t Imagine how that story got in the press", said J. Faison Thom son, local attqrney, yesterday when question concerning a report printed In the News aud Observer from Its Washington bureau that Mr. Thom son, together with Larry Moore of New Bern were being groomed as Al PttHth delegates from the third dis trict to the approaching Democratic convention in Houston. Mr. Thomson went on to add that he had not reach ed a definite decision one way or the otjter about the Democratic presiden tial nomination possibilities. "Otherwise that than," said Mr. Thomson. "I don’t have anything to say. I haven’t seen my good friend Moore, though. In several months,” Th* local attorney will leave today for Washington and New York City. He said that be would probably call WOULD REQUIRE I ENABLING ACT State Authority Would B* Nor—ry to Crtute Federal Forewt in Thia Section A enabling act from the General Assembly will probably he necessary before any National Foreet are es tablished in Eastern North Carolina, should the McNary-Woodruff bill now pending In Congress, which It l« be lieved would provide funda for this purpose, be enacted into law. It was indicated by MuJ. Wade H. Phillip*, director of the Department of Con servation and ’Development. > Till* probability waa brought out Thursday after the receipt of a let ter from Evan W. Kelly, national district forester. Washington, by J. B. Holmes, State Forester, and h«md of the department's Division of Forestry, In which Mr. Ivelly sent wprd of the adoption of a policy of National Forest purchase* by the National Forest Reservation Commis sion. The action of the commission pend mg the fine I outcome of the McNary-' Woodruff bill, acta up 2,600.000 acre* of land as a master plan of acquisit ion In the pine lands of the South and Northern lake states, part of which it Is believed .would be ac quired la North Carolina. The commission also set 4.000,000 acres a* the approximate area to be acquired In the consolidation of federal , ownership within National forest - units previously aprroved These ares* are on the headwaters oi navigable streams and according to Interprstatlon by State officials, will signify purchase of additional areas In North Carolina. An additional urea of 2.000,000 acres has been set up tor acquisition iu additional units ia National foreet unite for the protection of headwpf'era ugalnet foods. It Is also though: l*ke ly that North Carolina may aim sei a share of this proposed National for est lands.. The Stale enabling act under whiclr lands have previously been purch ased by National forests, Director Phillips explained, authorised the (Cd era! government oqly to purchase lauds for Ihe protection of headwat ers of navigable streams. Purchase of /astern pine landa to aid in timber production and to demonstrata fores try practice will probably result in th* federal government asking for a special act that will authorise acquis itlon for thsss purposes. LOCKHARTHTT RAIN SQUALL Accident in Race At Daytona 'Beach Not Caused By Faulty Machinery DAYTONA BEACH, Flo.. Feh. 23- A*) —Frank Lockhart gavs bis Dutch BUckhawk racer, all 11 would taka when he streaked Into a raiu squall at 725 miles an hour an saw nothing un til he stopped rightslde up In the sea, he declared from a hospital bed to day. “Nothing went wrong with th* ear” he said, “I simply could not see Where I waa and had to keep going." at the office of Senator Simmon* In passing through the Capital, but luslstod that ftis waa a business and not In th* least a political mission. The New* and Observer story can « ruing the Smith actlvtles In th* third Is as followyi: Organisation4tf the Smith for Preai dent campaign In North Carolina has proceedfd to the point of selecting candidates for delegates in the Third Congressional District according to Information received her*. Larry I. Moore, well-known lawyer and J. Falsou Thompson, of Golds boro, compose the Smith slate of delegate* with former Hollcitor Jesse <l. Davis, of Naw Bern, appearing in lbe role of manager. It la ataterf, and It Is espected that a atrenuow campaign will be conducted to pul (Coallauod oa Page Two) N. C. FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 14, lt2B I DETAILS ABOUT | COURT HEARING^ Raleigh Times Saya Supreme Court ‘Tutcroutod” In Excep* tlona To Jury Chargo The Supreme court manifest Inter est in exceptions taken to Judge Grady's charge In th* terry Newsoms case, according to a story In the Ral eigh Times of last night outlining tho hearing of th* appeal of the css* In Raleigh It will probably be two Weeks before the court hand* down a decision in the matter, it is believ ed. Mr. Loftiu returned yesterday from Raleigh where he argued tho case. '* , fl The afternoon paper carried th.- following account of the argument before the Supreme court. Fighting a lone fight, M. 0. l-oftln y. '.ag Goldsboro attorney, gppearod before the State Supreme court Wed nesday afternoon and naked iflo unal to give Larry Nesome, convktcl negro Slayer of a white girl, a new tiiil. In hi* plea for a new trial for New some, Mr Loftln, took lawiu al l Jnde* Henry A. (irady. trial Jud-n tn a fouling of fnct by the, Jurist. Ii th* uproar that occurred in Wayne Superior Court on Bungay, December 13, when Newsoms'was tried, }.tlttw Grady attached a memoranduot to the official record in which lie set’out that during the tjonfnslon that re sulted when relatives of (ha murdered s rl at'impted to seise Krwaaniv, Ilia turors remained in th r Mr. Lfltln. one of no two lawyers appointed by the court to defend Newsome took direct issue with this l finding, declaring that some of the *urors got up, left tlielr seals and mingled with the milling throngs In ih*^ court Jmiiu pben the crowd at tempted to “get" Newsome While no except ligi to this appears in the record, Mr. Loftln told the Supreme Court that he mentioned ihe miller at the time and waa told that any <*-rjx'oin he had to make i’on I(I be allowed In the record. The (xeepoi;*. however, hr muUI wire emitted by Judge Grady. The mart manifested Interest In | the exception taken to Judge Grady * charge that only two verdicts could be murder In the first de gree or not guilty. The questions of the ctfhrt turned largely on the ques tion of whether the Jury should have I wen permitted to consider g verdict of murder in the second degree. Arguing for the Stale. Assistant At torney General Frank Nash asked th* judgment of the lower court be sus tained v Newsome waa convicted of th* mur der of th* 16 year old Beulah Ted der, whom be Is alleged to have at tacked and then murdered In a clump of bushes near the little girl's home. The negro was arrested the next day and rushed to State’s Prison for safe keeping. The killing occurred on De cember 10, and Newsome waa ar raigned and tried In Wayne Superior Court on December 13, which fell on Sunday. The trial was oue of the most sensational In the court annals of North Carolina. IIK'S FOR ALFRED *<y f DBS MOINES, lowa, Feb 23-~(A*> —U. S. Senator Dan Stetk of lowa toady predicted that lowa Democrats woulil support' Governor Al Smith of New York at Houston.. rir ' .. 'in - -iwr n q GEN. BOWLEY TRANSFERRED * Army Men Surprised At Send ing Fort Bragg Commandant 1 To For Sam Hounton RALEIGH, Feh. 23-lAr-Major C. C. Early Commandant of K. O. T. 0., State College, expressed Interest *.o day In the transfer of Brigadier-Al bert J. Bowley, commander of Fort Drags; to Fort Ham Houston, Texas, by Secretary of War Davis. Officers at Fort Hragg, as-mac b surprised as army men ever are at notices of change, safd they had no Idea of who would succeed General Bowley. |UNDY AND FORDI : IN A CONFERENCE! i Officials. However, Deny Plans * For Huge Naw Kind of Plane DETROIT, F*#b. $1- GFJ-Lindbargk •nd hla friend. Major’ Thomas tecA phles of Belfrldge Field, met with * slight mishap today when fog forced • item to land in a field 19 miles from the Ford glrpart » v Accompanied by four St. Louis business men In three other planes the parly took off from Belfrldge field shortly before noon to fly to the airport. The purpose of Col. Idnd- Bergh's visit remained as much a mystery today os when be landed from Hi. Louis. The party wanTYnto confer ei ce with Kdael F’ord, president of th* Ford Motor Company anti Wm. ,D.. Mayo, chief englheer of the company. A report that plan* ere underway lor ihe ton at ruction of a plane carry ing specification* furnished by. Col. Lindbergh and Mr. tempbier and that the meeting concerned such con struction was emphatically denied hy •’urd officials. MRS. GATLIN IS BACK AT HOME “Gums So” She Saya Whan In surance Co. ConpliMcnta Her on Acquittal WENTWORTH. Feh 23—<4V~'This country village. Ihe scene of .the first | trial involving an alleged confeasionnl to a minister In Ihe history of North Carolina courts was dcsertad today Iu comparison with the hectic figure of ten Jgfcpß, Al JUldsviHe, 8 Alma I>Uy Gatlin, cleared by a Aury (est night of the ax* murder of her father resumed her Ilf# as the bride of Eugene ttiylln. after more than • months spent In the Jail here. Meanwhile UwfiTy. Rev. Mr. Pardu* f declined lo comment te newspaper- I men. "I have no to roahe” lie said lu response to nupieruut quea tionlf? Mrs. Gatlin received many tele r-nrii and telephone calls of coagrat-> elation* today. Among-them waa one from an insurance company by which she was Insured. "I know they meant that too,” ah* declared. > ’ • GET TRACK OF MORE OF BONDS Find That Miming Witnm Black mer Profited By 97M,000 WASHINGTON, Feb. 23-<JF)—While Ihe Teapot Dome commute* waa get ting track today of another big hatch of Continental Trading Co., bondp th* Senate won Ita first skirmish in th* court* over Its authority to punish Robert’W. Stewart oil magnate for refusal lo answer committee ques tions regarding th* securities. The committee ala hearing ealah— llshed that H. M. Illackmer. mtaainr witness tn the Fall Sinclair cr.tmjhal conspiracy action, got 1769,n00 of Tho 13,000.000 profit* made by the Conttu- Eastern Carolina Poultry Raisers Gather Here Today ■ I w Poultry raisers of Eastern North Carolina will gather here this morn ing for the second annual poultry short course for Eastern Carolina. Tentative report* on enrollment reach ,ag those In charge of arrangements yesterday were that a ,h <M it I®* leading poultry raisers from ill to IS counties of the state would be In attendance for the course to he olfored by eight State college experts, department of agriculture worker*, and exW’slon service representative*. A simlar abort courae for poultry raiser* of Western North Carolina waa recently held In Hickory And a more extensive courae for the state a>, a Whole was conducted at State College. Wayhe'a progrcaaiviem lq sponsoring poultry club work was spoken of as being on# of the fac ti>r* Instrumental In bringing th# City Will Not Conduct Effort For Funds With Which Secure Pineland ■a u 0 SCHOOL BOOKS ARE REDUCED Ara Stela Hoard of Educotioo Slrm Now CoatlmrU Gatling Hotter Pricoo RALEIGH. <|n§b. 13 -OP)—Th* State Board of Education late today an nounced a list of 67 hooka adputed by It at reduced prices (or school chil dren of ihe state. The hooks wilt be used for from one to five year per iod. All but eight may be bought at a cheeper contract retail price then that of August 19X6. One new featnr* in all th* con tiacts for distribution of elemMtory book* ft th* provision that thd coun ty aud city hoard of education u»Ay purchase the books directly from U>* purchasers at wholesale price*. A. T, Allan, superintendent of pub lic Instruction, sold the pries# ob tained are as law as ttis prices tn any other state except In cases where boards of education have shsorbad tht local distribution charges. j- n Automotive Body Is Meeting In Charlotte CHARLOTTE. Feb 10— prediction that there never would be A reel price war ie th# automobile Industry was mad* bars today by gTedi >te»n*4 chairman of Dote* Brothers board of dlrAcfors, a speak er at tb* convention of The N. C. automotive trade association. 1 Th# industry i* on# of the most naceis sary In exlatenc# and It will not b# wracked by a price war, h* said. WAKE FLOGGING TRIAL STARTS Chatham County Jary Saatad Yesterday To Hoar Chart ea a RALE Kill. Feb. 21—V) —Twelve Chaiharn cOunty farmers tonlgjil war# kel*rt*d a* Jurors from' a venire of 169 men to hear charges of assault xgalnst a dosen Wak# county man In connection with the flogging 14 months ago of E. A. Jones, county merchant and his negro helper, of the Jury got underway in Superior court this afternoon with Ihe first man called accepted by both state and defense but nearly five hours elapsed before th* 12th Jurors was choeen. Trial of th# defendants will l>e arraigned Jointly will get un-‘ derway tomorrow the slat* announc ing It hsa 39 wl\ nesses It Is planning to put on the stand. In three previous trials, on* resalted In a mistrial, and Ihe others In acquittals. Th# atal# made much of th* Klan membership Issue. The defense on th# other hand however, attempted alibis. course for Eastern North Carolina to Goldsboro. . . The program for today and this *Ve nlng Is *a follows: °* 10- a. m. Blood testing and bar- Hairy whits diarrhea eradication—R. B. Dearstync, associate Profeasor oi Disease, But* College. 11- Common Poultry Diseases, H. B. Wllfnng. Instructor In Fit ultry Disease. State College. 12- Home production of feeds, 61. W. Gaither, District Agent. 1- Lunch hour. 2- Certification Work and Btood tcatlng. Dr. Win. Moore, State Vat erlnsrlan. 3- Internal and External Paraaltea. H. 8. Wilfong. ' Friday night.: ” 7:30 Motion picture on Poultry Raising. Talk hy Dr. A. 11. Kerr. MRMfira Off THE ASSOCIATED PRESS nV* * * PRICR FIVH CBNTB o’Barry flihmttf !•> port Gallic rod by Billiw And Arctiltocto ERECTION OF PLANT WOULD COOT IMMN Tbanka Bifwi* to OmmttUt And To Co-Prootoonto of jr I—tit nt ton ff Goldsboro will nos oondsct a drive (or fund* with which to locate Mne 'and Junior Collage, a Sampson eana ly educational loetUnUoa, la the ettp Killeen representative Iwibm an responded yesterday afternoon to tM call leased by Captain Nathan O'- Berry far a meeting; to hear.the repo*t of "a committee of arcUtaata and builders who had gathered acearate data aa to tba coat of batldlac In Coldeboro a plant at eqoel undent capacity at tha present plant at *nl emburg. Captain (TBarvy cal lad «* George S. Damp to preaide at tba meeting aad subaitUed tba report, signed by John D. Gailatt, f. ►. Jonas, P. Rose, aad • P Taylor. This report showed that a plant M student capacity equal tn tba peasant plant at galemburg, built aceordfcu in modern .standards ac rag shred bp tha elate would coat IMMM. Tba report, which bad baan gathered 0m tha suggestion of Captain O’Berrp rlded tha first actual Inform stteai an to tha coal of locating tba aahaol bar* erasable at any maatisg tor tba dto c uaaioti of fNTiMMRU "ft was (ba gadprtl lIMjRU «- t hanga of opiates showed, to raise ISOO.tM for the location of Ottp educational Institatten in dtr would ho difficult nt tbla time. A rota of thaalta was given (ba com MUtae which had prepared tod report submitted, and Instruction* map to* rued that Mr. aad Mrs. Janaa c# (residents of Plaetaad. ba ftanddl tha ihaaka of the city tor tbt aonn •ay and Intaraat shorn In tnoagtlgi- I tlons by Ooideboro granpa oooaamlag the re-location of tba aoQape bare. t. CUT WILBUR’S ■* NAVY PROGRAM Com mR top Appnm Art Hi Bolld K Shipp Ipptood of 71 Adni Par WASH I NOTON, W h. IS- (*> - plashing Secretary Wilbur's reaam mendatlnns for TJ new warahlpa tba House aaral committee laridai today to autPorlaa tba couatmoMon as to ships, them aa aircraft earrwr and the remainder era tears of tbs IP »00 ton claaa. It tarnsd thumbs down on new submnrlnaa. Wilbur had urged tba cndimlWn to approve a building program as St cruisers, I aircraft carriers, I dee* troyer leaders and SI eahnuriaaa, ra presenting the programs* baring tba backing of President Coolldga. Chairman Butler estlmatad tbt awn m!ttea"s program would* seat fATd.- 000,000 as compared with IftMdP,- ovO for tha admia Ist rations plan. NAMES HORSE AFTER MAYOR And Nnr Wnfcnr In Winding If Aninttl In A Qnnd Om ATLANTA. Fbb. M— m-Hmm Walker will run next rwr toll Ml lor mayor of New York. Oa kla way bom Iron a vlalt to the New Orloaaa MaffM Graa haa adrtaed Edward McLean, Waahlagton publisher tkat MkMM object lotia to harla* a bora# in MM McLean atable naaMd for btaa. “I hope ba‘a good and lbati" nM the mayoi 1 , “If bO Will COO* me money, for I wilt bate to ba pat* rlirtlc and eupport tba OOBML" ,
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