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WEAfSIt Ttan«»r. Friday ret* to west- VOLUME SEVEN; NUMBER 4 FTTMRALD JURY OUT 6 HOURS AND NO VERDICT Slate Claims Illegal Operation By Dr. R. S. \ Fitzgerald Was Fatal Hwttafi J«ry CM Cam YwUr 4ay id DtkatM It F*r Ift Bna id No Rcnrit RESUME BALLOTING ’ AT 9:M TODAY Hum Jary RbbbHbS la Prwririto AmUgaaMat at Richmond o' Phyakiaa RICHMOND. Vn.. F*h. »—(F>—Ua able to rnek • decision after • 1-2 hoars of deliberation the lluattoga co«K Jury la tbi trial of Pr Robert Fttagendd. local pbyslaiea. was locked up last night, a«d will resume ballot tag topi or row mpratag at. 8:80. \ RICH MONO — (A*)— The case of Dr. Robort •. ntxgorald. Richmond phy sician, obargod with second degree murder la connoctloo with tbo depth of bfolba Victoria Royal. 18. of Baap aoa county, North Carolina, went to n jury la Boat lags court ahortly bo fore noon today. The Jury bad made no report to night Tbo etate contended that tho girl died aa a reonlt of an Illegal op eration performed by Dr. Fllagerald- A former trial ended In a disagree ment <> The first tHEsSalflto January re sulted la a baag fury.?)as girl diad her# la a the moralag of October 11 last, from the effeota of an abortlaa which Dr. Pllvgerold wna alleged to hart performed on her the »- reatag before la bla office. ' It waa broagbt oat tbroagh taatl atony today that wban Royal arrived here with bla daughter the erealng of October > from Fbyetterllle. N. C 4 after she had been examined nt n hospital thare tba two wers first orison la a taxi to tba office of Dr. .tames O. Fltsgersld In Glnter Park and that ha Insisted that he was not the doctor they were looking for. , Another tail waa ordered and' Royal and the girl were driven to the offloe of Dr. Robert S Fttagerald. It was iestiflad by R. H. Beck, driver of the cab. The two were driven to the Franklin Hotel, where U de veloped tkat this Dr. Fttagerald wna hot in bts office nt that tlaae Beck testified. He volunteered to give this testimony today when he recognised lloyal aa tbo man who had rtddsn in hla tail tbi avaalng of October 8. This waa practically tba only naw development In the trial today. Royal made no roforoaco to the to Dr. Jam#* O. Fltggerald’s office in hla testimony nt either the first o? tbo prooont trial. According tn hla testimony, bo first vlaitod Dr. fS. Fltsgorold's of flea the I of Octobor 10. making an Bent then for tha operation aas allege? to have been per tbat evening. Vie testified that thlo doctor had been recom mended to him at Fayettevill*. EX-SUITOR IS UNDER ARREST ( laim He to Ban ap House of Woasaa Who Re fueril Hlb Hand -'x*zr COLUMBIA. 8. C.. Feb 88—<*>— Hleme fore dynamite explovlon. tear Ing n bOle tF the floor of a room where Mr*. Lena Snell. Johnson, a widow of esinmhla. and MRgkla# Sawyer, a friend were aleepliigThud hurling th* tho women from the beds today waa cbnrged-to J. 8. Pope, des cribed as a rejected auitor of Mr*. Johnson. Pop*. i*ld to be of Alklnion. Pen tier county, was suspected and a search begun Immediately that re-| tulted In hie being arrested end placed in the Tyrrel county Jail on n charge of u vault with Intent to kill, j Th# arrest wre made here yesterday after PPope bed been tra.lei Tro-u Wa.hlkiffHk th « Graven cmfnty roetl campuUher* he waa employed and hack to Columbia. THE GOLDSBORO NEWS READ IN THB MORNING WHILE MINDS ARE FRESH—READ BY BUYERS BEFORE THEY BUY. * * « • ' A_ * 2. MEDAL WILL BE GIVEN VEAZEY Memphis CoafertMO to Racog* i nlxc Hiot Aa Booth's Master I Farm Teacher A. H. Voagay. agricultural taachar i at Rosewood hlgb school and voted < the master- agriculture teacher of ibe i South, will be on the program of tha < annual conference of supervisors and i teacher training In agriculture and t home economics to ho held In Mem- i phis. Teon, March M Veaaey. who i waa givaa a touO through Florida and i Cube. In recognition of th» dlat'nctlon i conferred upon him In hla aelacllon from among mora than 1000 teach- , era, will leave here Friday afternoon , dor Memphis - < Accompanying (ilm will ha J. 8 i Howard of Salem burg, supervisor of vocational agriculture for this dW- I trlct. Mr. Howard la down for tho < first address of tha program In Memphis and will dlacuns "Tha Pro- t ject Load of a Master Teacher " Mr. | Veaaey will tell the Southern touchers • about work of the Instructor In ngrl- , culture which cannot be -gained In , actual records. | A faature of the conference will i be the presentation of a gold madal to Mr. Voaaoy In tribute of tbo fact that he wou the award of master agri culture Instructor <h competition with alt tfMhers of the South. Cuban Parcel Post Facility Is Ended WASHINGTON, h>b. 28—<AV-Be ginning at midnight tonight which , arks the modus vivendi extending , the parcel post convention between , Cobs and the United States, all mail , .isrcels sent from either country to the other will be returned to the point of origin. By the refusal of t ongreas to enact , legislation for permitting the lm- , portation from Cuba o 9 cigar* In lota .if lea* than 3,000 and the Insistence | of the island republic upon the ten mlaation of tha poatal convention o 1963. unless this waa done, not even a pocket handercblet may now be transmitted except by expreas or freight TO CONSTRUCT ASKYSCRAPER Reynolds Tobacco Conpujr Let* Cont met for 21-Story Build inf In Winston WINBTON-BALEM. Feb. 29—(A>>~ Contract waa awarded by 11. J. Reynolds tobacco company today lor the artetion of a 21 story offics build ing here. Tba structure, costing aaarly 82.- 000.000. will be built by James Baird Company. Inc.. 1 ' of New York and Washington. D. C. Wayne Farmers Intend To Get That Extra $200,000 jr* A . . J.t .L . a 1m SAHM Wayne county farmer* seem deter mined to get that extra |2oo,oot> lu revenue which Dr. R. Y. Winters of State College says could be theirs It i| they grew a longer staple cotton. Since this information waa broad cast over the County, a solid car load of need for cotton of the Improved und loog staple variety baa been told through county Agent A. ,K. Robert j son. Mr. Robertson distributed ! 15 tons of the seed and he said yes terday that this would be sufficient I to plant about 1,125 acres. Tbe seed ! saved from this year’s yield on this j number of acre* would provide suf ficient quantities to plant about 25.600 I acres to Improved cotton to tbe spring of 1929, or about ok* half of BEGIN WORK ION POSTOFFICE ADDITION LITTLE CHANCE J FOR PARK NOW _____ Ad of Cougvooo Would Conilgt With Suggestion of Park At BintonviDe - •W 1 ■■ The Mil Introduced In tbe IT. 8, Senate by Senator F. M. Bimmona and In tha House of Representatives by c ongressman Edward W. Pou provid ing for eatnhllnking n national mili tary park on the alia of the Battle of Beaton vll le. In Johnston County, la In opaflict with an net passed by Cnagreas on June 11. 1928. according to a letter written by Secretary of War Dwight F. Daria lo David A Held chairman of th? commutes on artil lery affaire ,of the Senate, copy of which has )mea sent by Senator 81m mpna. to Governor McLean. The net referred to provides that a report most be by tbe Secretary nf War, through tbe President, to Congrena before real estate may be purchased for military pork purposes thus redklvlng action by Congress before sfleh a real estate chased. The saving clauae in tbe.net la that the Secretary of War «a given author Ity and provided with fund* tor hev :ng studies, Inveatlgatloua and sur veys made of proposed military park arena. Secretary Davis writes that these Investigations are now being f REED DENIES 7 HE CONFESSED Yotth Charged With Dynamit ing School In Effort lo KiU His Sweetheart 0 msme—»s» OTTAWA. 111.. Feb. 29 J l . The confession es a red faced country boy that he dynamited a school house to avoid marrying the teacher, who waa severely Injured In tbe explosion, will ba read to the Hiram Reed trial Jury Judge Frank Hays, rpled today. The decision ended a three day flgh* on the part of the defense lo keep the confession from the court records. Tha young man's STtorneya held lie waa mistreated by county authorities and IhM the state attorney misrepresent 'd the conditions to him. "I canoat believe tbe defendant did not hnow wbat be waa doing,” or “that he waa Imposed upon." ruled Judge Hayes after hearing lengthy arguatents from both sides. Reed cooly told hie etory this morn ing and studiously avoided the steady gate of hla former sweetheart, lola Brad for J. who nearly lost hey life when the stove at. the Pleasant Val ley school exploded. He denied re peatedly that he was responsible for the tragedy atfd repudiated tbe confes sion he made to the state's attorney. Commander of Armies Os Italy in War Dies ROME. Feb. 29—(/P>—Marshal Ar mando Dtsx< commander of the Ital ian armies In the world war, died to day. the total amount planted In (he conn tv In one year. •'Th# response to the effort to get linger staple Introduced to the coun ty has been encouraging". aald„Mr. Robertson yesterday. "I would like lo caution Ibe far- I mora" went on th* county agent, I "not to buy aeed from any source without chocking up <Hi the real l source of the »e#d. And It should be ’ borne to mind that to be clanged as 1 unproved, seed must he direct from I breeder or not over on* year from i breeder. '* Mr. Robertson has been busy dur- I tog tbe past ten days making detlv t trie* of tbe improved veed sold a* cost ( to th* farmers of tbe coonly. GOLDSBORO. N. C.THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 1. I*2B j ABANDON jIOPE ■ jm A J Jmf m \ >jv / . J. I " • i,L nHBW MKLBOURNK. FU , Feb 88 (JP)—Hope of finding Ute body of Harry Brooks, Detroit aviator wkoas 'flivver” plena plunged Into tke ocean here Saturday, ' (was virtually abandoaed tonight by officials of tbe Fiord Motor Company. “There Is nothing we can do now,” Hem F. Baker said tonight before leaving tew Ft Uanderdale. -We have lone nil wa can and will Just have to wait and let things take their course.” A youth oa a motorcycle end • man in an automobile will con tinue tn< patrol the beach la thb hopes that tbe body may be wash ed up, but Akhnrmen said tonight that If tbe w nd that shifted from the northeast to the south during the day continued shifting «nd reached the west there would be little chance of the hotly being recovered. CARPENTER IS “ DEAD OF HURTS Asheville Realtor Wag Shot By Cousin In Fashionable Section of City ASHEVILLE. Feb. 29—(A*)—After lying in a local hospital, In a critical condition since last Hat unlay morning William Sumpter Carpenter, feel es tate man, died this afternoon ahortly before five o'clock. Carpenter was taken to tRp hospital suffering from pistol shot wounds Inflicted by hla cousin Everett -Corrlher, at the h mie of th# later in the fashionable Grova Park section about 3 o'clock Satur day morning. An operation was per formed In an effort to save hlv life, but his cniitffbon was regarded aa very grave from the very first. AN UGLY CHARGE AGAINST ELDER • 0 , , ' u Statutory Charge Against Girl Flier and She Does Not Answer It In Person CLAYTON. Ga . Feb 24 -<A*> —Rulh Elder, the aviatlrx. charged with a statutory offense In an Indictment returned here four year* ago, failed lo appear when the case was called In Rabun Superior court today and . forfeited bond of |.V>O. The mdlctmeut alleged that the offense was committed in 1924 while Mis* Elder, who was then Mrs. C. i E. Moodx, lived here with her hus i hand, a teacher in a small mountain i -chool. She later was divorced from Moody. Hhuford Jenkins, described ss ah evangelist, against whom a t tlmilar charge waa relumed, hat not been apprehended. w • FAIL TO SETTLE DATE CONFLICT ■awsMmw 'o Wayne and Lanoir Fairs Will Roth Run During Weak of Oeiobar 23 | f : -o ' ■> / * 1[ " * * 0- ' <S The Wayne county fnlr and tha laaolr county fair will run nt tha same time this season. Efforts mad# by members of the Short Ship Circuit to arrange n new schedule which would break Abe conflict In dates fail ed. - ‘ V Goldsboro and Wayne county's fnlr will get under way October 88 and Ismolr and Kinston's fate Krill ,JM go gt the same time. Tbe coafllct In dates could not be corrected aa Nat Reiaa shows, who held a contract from Lnnotr Fnlr offtclnla to show in Kla*ton on this date, refused la their dates or re lease tha Association. The Short BMP'Cir cuit tv resolutions adopted at their Wilson meeting had asked that the I shows release tbe fair. Fair secretaries of North 4 Carolina were not ao much concern ed over the Wayne and Lenoir fairs tunning nt the annA'tlme as they were over the fact that pn account of this mix up In datpa there will be en Idle week somewhere oW tbe racing cir cuit during 'The fair reason It waa leered that horsemen, end racer*, fee mg the possibility of a week of Idle ness somewhere daring the season, might not sign up tn as grant num bers as uaual. OUMKimiMHHI.K KVKNT CHICAGO. Feb. 29-OPV—A mother and daughter each of whose birthday* rome on February 29. sieged e double celebration here today. Yin. Florence Dow celebrated seventh birthday and her daughter, Flo. observed her aec ond. ADMIRAL LONG MIRED WASHINGTON, F*jk- 29—OP)-Hear Admiral Andrew T. Long of Stnten v lle. waa named today by tbe State In :«rtment aa an American adviser at the fifth meeting of the preparatory < vim mission for the disarmament con ference at Geneva, March 18. He will replace . Rear Admiral Hilary P. Jones who will be unable to partkl i pate on account of lllaeee. A SMALL FIRE HERE WEDNES. __________ / r Top of Residence on Greonhwf Street Ignites Front De fective Flue A bouse on Greenleef street, owned 1 b> the Borden Manufacturing Com -1 patty was burned about the top About 1 4 M yesterday afternoon. The flames * are supposed to have originated from 1 defective flue In the chimney. Prompt work on the part nf the firemen pre ’ vented the structure from being a • total ruin.„ 1 This was the second alarm of the week. On Monday tbe firemen were railed to the home of Mre.«C. K. Stanley, where In some unexplained j* manner the root of a barn had caught fire. Expect Creation of Group To Study City-County Bldg. The creation of a Joint committee to study the suggesttan of a city uounty municipal building to be wr-&' cried on th* courthouse square loom ed as a possibility yesterday. Thy rity aldermen, tbe county board of commissioners and civic groups of Goldsboro and th# county would be represented on a minion to study the project and to report It's findings to the Aldermen, to the county board of < omntlsslonera Rnd to th# cltliens generally. It was considered very probable yes lerday that the city governing board would b* asked to jjame a member or members on such j commission at tke regular first Monday meeting oa next Monday uight. The county com- ARBOR DAY TO BE MARCH 14 Wayne (wunty Sclmslb Urgwd To Taka Part ta Ohirffi . Os Bv«Rt 1 A number of Wayae county groups are expwted to plan exercise* com memorating Arbor Day, which thle year for the Bret time ln-*he history J of the Mate— fall# on March 11. 1 .'legislative action of th* 1937 Gener al Assembly transferred tbs Arbor < Day observance from November to j Merab. 1 , The day wee first observed In this State In l»t«, hut it whs aot unj» J 1916 that thare wee a law enacted 1 which definitely fixed a data for He celebration The new law flxaa the * dele oa the rlret Friday following < Match 18. Loot year Arbor Day cam# imme diately after th* passage es the bill by the General AssemMy eiA there was not time enough for the prepara tion of suitable pi*ns for Its observa nce. especially in the' echoola. where th* principal emphasis Is pieced on its significance. > This year, however. Intensive prep arations are being mad* to urge every school, civic, organisation, pat riotic society, and other orgaalaatlot to prepare o suitable programs. Ad pert of the*# efforts, tbe Forestry Division of th* Department of Ctm serve!lon and Development baa ad -Irtaaed the principals of all high schools In th* State, nrglng that some suitable program be given "ln accordance wftli tfi* action of the last General AssetJfsiy*T“says th* letter. "Arbor Day will fall this fBRf oa Friday, March 18. Tha change from Fall to Spring has been made advisable by the increased length of the school term which makes It poe stbl* for practically every efbonl In the Stele to observe this day while tbe school. Is in session" - ' ’ " 1 ~ ” ' " . o UNDY GIVEN WILSON AWARD Flier t« Receive 923,000 la Cash and Gold Medal by Unani mous Vote of Board AeW YORK. Feb 29—(g I)—Trest ore of the Woodrow Wilson foundation voted unanlmtmsly today to give to > Col. Charles A Lindbergh the Wood row Wilton award, which uIU constat . rs the Woodrow Wilson medal sad 826.000. In recognition of bin Iran* Atlantic and Cantrel American flights The date for th* presentation of th# award Is to be fixed later. Flood Relief Bill Received in Senate WASHINGTON.' Feb.. 29—(*)—'Tbe tenet* received from Its commerce i committee today e flood control bit) Incorporating engineering features of the administration Jadwin plan pro > riding 1886,000.000 tor Fedarnl pay ment of construction coat but leaving l to a-> commission th* determination lof how much interested communities shell pay of that sum. missioner* will also meet to regular session next Monday and they too might he asked to name a member or"ravmbers to study the matter, It was indicated The Klwania club at Ha regular Monday evening session appointed e commute* to represent tbe clnb in securing facts of th* project, but dressed the statement that the ac tion of appointing the committee in no way committed the olub ta any action as yet. The Rotary club at Ita regular Tuesday meeting decided that the public relation* committee of th* club would he asked to Investigate the proposltloh and to report at a meeting In the near future (Continued oa Pag* Twcf ll ■ - Jv lfEifßini 0| ~ THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE FIVE CUm To Be Hurried To Completion IHmsibH Thai WHbsr Firm MR?. ■ 1 j ts yea are was of tho aafartapetsg .h,. tor all them many *9MM been trying to reot . teak hex local post Office y&e ought to teal better this moralag. P*r WMMa flmr months—six nt the oatatis pea wilt ha aMa to get Um has. Far work wa. yto»t»RMk tbe enaex to the Goldsboro pent efßfe bufMlng. Joes*. Brother* sad Ogmp .ny. surcessful htddeeo over a flaftte < i 16. started their. WWR. The Bg ging of the foendatlaii for the 86 Ml 68 addition to tho WMUtag 6B- t%6 ° cast side sad the esastradim a8 a [oundatloas to rth# edtfMa* RtHi he finished bp tl oeleoh %S«ag. The goveramaat laspeetor wba wRI supervise the ktIML grade, and mm of materials used ta the IDIdMk had not arrived yesterday, bet la MP pected Mere ahortty. Mmgdtmd th# Wilson company had eaammd iamplm of the brick of Um DMkfl gMMMRF and samples es brick fremDmb* them to Waehtogton fUrgReM abflflß Btmhias. to complete tl*. JjlMMi ‘jBBbFMb contract bat Majdr Shakle* arid MM night that ba theagri the wash gdafet he completed Isolde of faur mpathn —ehoet Jaly l—pruvflbd bp pflMr seen ohetaclea a roe*, f M Th# eanei will grantty ret lev* the present crowded* soafllWbe M thP building and will preside m*eh pend ed faclltles, principal Os orUril M spec* tor a heat 816 addKtowri DR "The work gM storied itritf Nb terdey." said Major Slmktm, "aril R looks Ilk* those folks, are grim straight through with It TIMR khew exactly what they are about M 4 MSP be depended apou ta make tMagl huopa." AIRPORT BODY r MEETS FRIDAY WUIPacMd mJDatolmVmmA Dates for the formal optotm ri tba mtralcipal airport aa highway Lumber 16 and tba auprim rid at 1a program for tbe dedicatory aarori otrtes takes up by the atr fort commlsalen meettPf D tbi m court room of the city hatl UNMVVWtr afternoon at 8:»0, It *tt aaaPPDP- 0 td yesterday. Th* airport cammlsajoa tl made ap of repreaoatotivaa ri Uto huaN ri Aldermen, with M. R. Rshtoeea. for merly of tho army atr aarvtaa ' aa chairman, and reprissatattvea pf tRp Goldsboro chamber of OmMParaa. th* selection of u plan B*r aaear ing a suitable name ri tha RpM IMF also com* before th* MUMrieetoe ri Its meeting Friday. As outlined now, tba dadJcriMß and opening of tho field may alas com* before the commission at RB meeting Friday. ,C« ‘' > ' i Aa outlined now, th* dodteattuu pad opening of Um Held will he aa strapa which will attract tteumfl to'tha .’’ ! rity. Army and navy filers wtU he invited to take part and aa pßhrt made to bring a great erasrfl es oeuy -nerclal flier* here. Th# field ha* heea la *m trig ytR for th# first time, comm*r*tol pttria carrying passengers sad sriag tho Held aa a land part ( HARLOTTED BRLICTRD WASHINGTON, Fab. Mr- Iff) r t’harlotte was waiactad today by tha Commerce d*pastm**f ga the t>B»Wpp hw its new heanoh nCftOf to ! v eusterw . terirtoep, , ,1 ,* \ZgT-. . • - * •' i. i'itfUilf i . % «
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