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VOLUME SEVEN; NUMBER 25
5,000 ATTEND D. A. R. CEREMONIES AT SNOW HILL
BELIEVE BANK
ROBBERSTAKEN
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Pistol Battle Results When Par
ty Slopped By Tennessee
7 Officer
ROCKINGHAM. N. C. March 24
(AB —Three men/who held up the,
cashier of the Bank of Norman on
February SI, and their two women
companion*, ere believed to be held
by Tenneee* authorities Sheriff J. 8.
Brae well of Richmond county left
here thin afternoon for Newport, Tenn
to identify th< - r>bber*yStnr
If poevlble, to brlna them baclr'to the,
stile. , •
A man held at Knoxville I* believed
to be Jack Borden. He Is now nurs
ing wounds Inflicted liy officers of the
city. Information received here ts that
he hud *7OO Ip cash ou hi* person
when coughi” The other four, believed
to be R'll Coker, (Hen Rutter, Klla
lllack and Esaie Foster, the latter
claiming to be the wife of Borden,
are held at Newport. All five were
arretted after a aeries of events on
Thursday iiigjit.
The quintet, according to Informa
t on received here, appeared In Knox
villa In a Chrysler roadster and Bukk
redan and had cn encounter with of
ficers during which the man believed
In be Borden was host. The other four
flew toward the North Carolina Una
stopping at Newport for something to
eat Two men in the Batch stopped
In front of a cafa and a waiter was
fringing them food when the New
port chief of police appeared and at
i< mpted :to arrest them
At the Instant the two women drove
up and a general shooting bee took
place. The two women, the Neyrport
chief aoiJ' , wlr i walt#r were alt *hot»ac
cording to Infprmatlon received by *
local officers
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FOUR CITIZENS
TO BE HONORED
Eailt Scouts Will Stage Core-
Monies in Memorial Com
munity Bldg, Mon. Night
Captain N. O.Berry, Col. Jos. Ft-
Robinson. I.eHlle Well and Herman
Weil wilt be honored by Eagle {trout*
of the city In ceremonies to tie staged
ft the Memorial Community Building
Monday evening at 7:45. The occa
sion arranged by tbe Eagle Scouts of
'.he city as a tribute to the four men
for wjwt they have contributed to the
life of their section and stale. Bcout
Executive W W. Rivers, announced.
David Bland. Jr., will preside at
tbe meeting and* a Scout token will
be presented by Clnrence Peacock to
the men In whose honor the cermony
has been scheduled The public Is la*
vlted to attend.
ERIC ABERNETHY
DIES IN MISHAP
Son of UnWemity Physician
Killed When Car Leaves Road
Near Fort Barnwell
KINSTON. March The
body of Erie Abernathy, IT year old
University or North Carolina fre«h
man and ton of the University physl
clan . lay In a local undertaking es
tabilahroent here today following s the
fatal craah on the New Bern high
way at dawn thta morning In which
he was killed.
Aycork Brown. C 4. Beaufort news
paperman, who waa badly shocked
and shaken In the smashup waa ex
petted to leave for Durham tonight.
Yomi*>Abernrthy , a father may arrive
hero tomorrow to claim the remains
of bis son, who waa pinned beneath
the debris of the' car when It leTt the
road near Fort Barnwell.
DlftlUUt IHJPHtTItMf
DECATUR. Oa.. March 24—(A’l—
The recaiverehlp and injunction suit
brought against the Stone Mountain
Confederate Monumental Association
to recover and prevent donations to
the memorial project by the city of
Atlanta and Fulton county was dis
missed In DeKalb county Superior
Court today.
THE GOLDSBORO NEWS
READ IN THE MORNING WHILE MINDS ARE FRESH—READ BY BUYERS BEFORE THEY BUY,
TWENTY PAGES TODAY
Sue Won’t Have To Waste Time
Raising Kittens From Now On
I-WIW f,
MR. AND MRB. BUS MONKEY ANNOUNCE BIR*J*H OF
DAUGHTER AND HAVE GREAT ARGUMENT A8 TO
. WHETHER IT LOOKS LIKE FATHER JIGGB OR
MOTHER BUB; TO BE SHOWN TODAY
Mr. and Mrs. Jlggs Monkey an
nounce the birth of a daughter (or It
may be the male gender) at their
home In the Herman park menager
ie. Mother andjUughler are doing
•tlp«TyT
'''Superintendent Roy Parker annona
ced yesterday that he would allow
Jlggs sud Sue as the two taonk* are
octter known, to display their new
l*sby to the multitude today weather
permitting. *’ •
Hu,, was prouder than (he proudest
Goldsboro mother as she exhibited
her youngster to The News editor and
Snperintendent Parker at a private
showing yesterday afternoon. And
Jlggs, the fallivr, seemed quite pleas
ed thpt his offspring should be such
a remarkably beautiful child.
“Ainf’ he like hla father" Sue said
’o The News, and dhe held tbe run
ning little mite of monkeynes* nut for
a gpod-Inspection. That nose Isn't It
just like Jlggsr
But Jlggs. so n.imedOftrcause he
favors the famous comic strip char
acter broke in with a great excited
chatter.
*>
"Now ain't that Just like a worn in.
a blind man could tell that the young
ster la Just like Ilia mother l<ook at
the ayes, asd the Way he holds his
mouth. n ,
Sue looked pleased, but rliknged the
conversation: “Look at this delicate
JOINT MEETING
OF CIVIC CLUBS
Dr. lAughinghouf* Will Be
Sneaker at Rotary And
» KiwanU Gathering
Dr. Charles O'H I-auglilnghouae,
state health officer, will be tha apeak
ct before a Joint meeting of the Klw
nnis and Rotary clubs of the city at
(he Hotel Goldsboro Monday evening
at 0: 3A o'clock.®
At the meeting scheduled by the
Kiwanls club, a number of women
of tbe etty who are interested In pub
ic! health work will be invited guests.e
The program will be In charge of
Dr. W. 0. Byrd, of the klwantv clnb
Dr. Byrd was Instrumental In sectir-1
log Dr. luiugMnghouse to appear for
the address ~
» The meeting will tgke the place oT
Ihe. regulgr meeting of the Rotary
ciub on Tuesday evening.
Dr.
figure In public health work and he
is a speaker of personality add broad
perspective.
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BLAST OX SHIP KILLS O!JK MAX
DAVENPORT. Eng., March *4 UP)
—One m«n was killed an<j three ae
t iously Injured In an explosion aboard
the British aircraft carrier Courage-'
ous now In the dock yard here.
The men. all engtaeers, were trying
out an emerg#ff€y'>ufnp aboard th#
vessel when the explosion took place.
Cor6ner's Jury Agrees Boy
Justified In Killing Farmer
Ater consulting wjth cqunty attor
ney Dickinson yesterday morning. Cor
oner T. R. Robinson decided that It
might be better to hold inquest over
the body of Drover Thompson. 3H
ytf*.r old Fork township man who w u
and killed by his 13 year old aoa
Woodrow. tn“ytelr home near the Tol
er Bridge early Friday nlghh The
Inquest brought out and strengthon
en the first Impression, of the case -
that Woodrow shot hie father to save
Mila mother. The six men rmpanelljd
us a Jury ruled Out the act waa Jus
tified and freed the young fanner hoy. >
Mr I '. Thompson! testifying before
the Jurors, told of experienc
es at the her'frunken hus
band extending back ten year* ar.d
more. When he was sober he was a
good man and a thoughtful hnsbaud,
pink akin, you know there was never
a baby that had such pink skin as
that before." she went on ruffling
back tbe soft down w.th a quick but
caressing motion, "and look how be
curies up kls little toes. Ain't thnt
the sweetest thing", and she could
not resist planting a moist smack
square ou £/»y‘* mouili.
"I know that th* doctor says I
shouldn't do that, Mid I gue<s he Is
r'gbt. but you know lie Is the first
baby I ever had and he is Just so
eweet.” ‘ 6
An automobile lirlkod past on the
nearby drive with a roar, and with a
startled and frightened look on her
face. Sue grabbed the tiny monk to
her breast with all the ln*tlncta<*f a
hitman mother seeking lo its
young from danger,
"And now Sue won't have to waste
her mother tnsUnct on kittens," chtm
•d In Superintendent Parker, "You
remember that" she la tbe same mem
ber of the park family that adopted
iwo kittens and wouldn’t stand for
us taking them sway. She kept them
ont there until they were so big
they wouldn't stand for bar mothering
litem any more and scurried off to
start families of their own. Sha
seemed quite heartbroken over their
rolng but I guess she will forget them
now" and ha looked at Sue proudly
Inspecting her own baby.
Eternal Feminine
Even In Death
MKM PH 18, Tenn., YfIWIT'H
(JP) Believed by police to hay a
turned on the gas Jets that t.vk
her life and Ihe lives of hei
brother and sister today, Mr*.
Vivien Broome, tl. divorcee app;Jp
ently stood In front of her vault/
mlrrow «nd applied a beauty pre
paration as she awaited death to
overtake her.
When smbulauce dtrvers an*
lered the small apartment in
which Mrs. Booome lived with her
elder slater, Hasel Tate S 3, and
hbr brother Louis Tate 1* a sign
painter apprentice, they found her
rrqmpled on the floor before tbe
mirror, a powder puff in one hand
a vanity caee In lit# other and
traces of powder on her lace.
EFFORT'T<rLIMIT~.NITIES
GENEVA. Switxerland, March SL
OP) —A new British effort toward the
further limitation of the tonnage of
capital ahipa and their > armament
marked the closing hours of the pre
paratory disarmament committee to
day. ,
The BritishCferoposaD were as fol
lows:
I Reduce in size any battle ships to
’ be built In the future from 35.000 lons
I lo something under 30,000 tons.
■ ! Reduce in sixe the gune of battle-
I ships from the present limit of 14
; inches to lift Inches,
i Extend the accepted life of exists
. ing capital ships from 20 to 20 years.
but when he was drunk he waa a
devil, the Jurors learned. Three chil
dren born to the marriage died at
birth It was said, because of beatings
and rough treatment which thejelfe
suffered when nJl*r the tlpte of con
finement
The story of the shooting of thi
husband given by the mother talll*J
In detail with the story of the 13 year
old son. who fired the fatal shot
Thompson had been drinking, for 24
i ours or more. All day he had terror
ised his family. Just before Woodrow
tired the 20 gague shotgun Into his
neck and from close tinge Thomp
son waa bending over Mrs. Thompson
telling her to pray and pray In a
hurry as that was gotift to be her
last prayer. * t>
(Continued ou page Ufa)
GOLDSBORO, N. C SUNDAY MORNING. MARCH Si, 1938
Only Survivor of $-4
if
VI *
Br* mm.
tJtneaa saved James Rise from sbar
tn* the fate es hie eemradee In the
erew es the wreefceid submarine 8-4.
He waa absent frees the fatal trip.
Rloe Is Inspecting, th* r*M hull at
_JBeetoß.Navv.rsjd do dock
COL LANGSTON
LAUDS PROGRAM
Calk* Snow Hill Event One of
Largest Moat Interesting
He Ever Attended
"One of the largest and the most
Interesting celebr itiona I ha vs ever
attended In the state", said Col John
li. Langston last night, a «*> nuea-t
--li.g the I). A. It. ceremonies In Snow
11111. *
‘‘There was not a hitch in tha en
tire programme, due lo the splendid
leadership of Mrs. W. B. Murphy,
of Boow Hill regent of CoL McAllis
ter chapter D. A. R., who presided.
She Is one of the moat Interesting
and dynamic women I hare ever met.
The speeches were maaterpksce*. Mrs.
K C. Gregory has the same poise
..rd presence tTttft has made her fath
| < r a cumm iigllny figure lit public life
She know? 1 wlntt t*> s.iy, and slops
vtien she his Dahl it.
i
“One of the outstanding speakers j
was Mrs. W,. O. Hpencsr. of Win-1
Mon-Salem. who showed a grasp of
hei subject and an nnusual power
of speech that captivated the crowd,
the Is a slater of Congressman Karr.
“Than too, ths three minute speech
of Mr*. J. W. Parker, of Perm
vllie wee a gem from the' opanriif
sentence •to the finish. She can
crowd more real stuff In a few brief
O i
momenta than most anybody I have
heard In years. She brought greetings
from the North Caroling Eastern Star
members. * ~
“But it’s not fair to give all tba
pralee to the women, though this was
their day. (loveruor McLean measur
ed up to the things expectrd of him.
Mr. A. R. Newsom, of the historical
<»mmission ‘dlto’- and Mr. Paul
Frisxelle, attorney of Snow Hill, made
one of the finest addressee on the
history of the period of the pioneers.
It ha* ever boen m.v pleasure to hear.
I was In college with i'risoelle. He
was a great speaker then. He is s
corker now.
“Greene county Is a. great fount/.
A county that can bring such a large
part of It’s 3rltlxenshtp togethar to
study mid celebrate It’s history, and
uo honor to it’s builders and heroes,
lias mighty possibilities as a county
of culture as well as one of material
progress. ”
Wants $10,00)0 For
. Losing Her Hubby
WAYCROSB. Os.. March 34—<J*) —
The unsolved disappearance early this
iwwith of the Rev, H. H. Young,
pastor of the Central Raplist church
came buck into the limelight tonight
with the filing by his of an alien,
at ion of affection suit against Mrs.
E. P Walker of this City. peti
tion asked *IO.OOO damages.
NotMng definite has been hoard
tinea the pastor dropped out of sight
while on a trip to Atlanta, hut court
officials at Meridian. Miss., bar? said
that on March 3. a man giving kls
name ns Rev. Herbert B. Young, was
married there to Mr* K. T. Walker
of Coetaglon, Ky., and New York.
Expect Completion Os Gty
Airport During This Week
FIELD WILL BE OF SUCH SCOPE AS TO MRBT DRMANDS
• OF HEAVIEST TYPE PLANBB; EXPECT THOUSANDS
• HERE FOR FORMAL OfRNING TO COME
WITHIN SHORT TIME NOW
Pinal Improvements of tbe munici
pal airport suggested by Lt. Murphy
ol Fort llrsgg on n final Inspection
trip to tbe city, are exported to be
complete this week. Tbe airport com
mission has announced that plans for
a formal opening wil go forward as
soon ns the improvement* are finished
Tha only changes which Lt. Mor
phy recommended were the removal
of a few trees on the northeast and
southeast corner of tba rteld. These
would be cut ont so aa to provide
road like stretches through woods
which border the port op these sides.
Then If necessary, a plane taking off
could follow the cleared space If the
desired rise were sot secured before
leaving the field proper.
At the same time, these minor Im
jrovements would permit planes to
take ofr in the general direction of
open country. This would oiler chan
rea of bringing tbe machines hack If
inglnc trouble developed to earth, elth
ct on the old golf course or aboat tbe
new ball field. Had tbe new sveaaes
Decides He'd Belter
Rely on Vaccination
There came up oat oT Stoner
Creek tewnshtp yesterday a pecul
iar! story In * c * rU,B community
of th* township ts a colon*f ot
Baoctlfloalsts, folks who bet lev*
they have attained divine grace,
and can do no sinning, so th# re
port goes. Tjpse SsaotiftoaHU do
lAhcCtnlet lon. But the
wife of one member* of the ool
oely contracted smallpox. Tba
story goes (bat the husband decid
ed that tha vautfTpo'x waa « visita
tion sent upon tbe family because
his wife had had a back-fence
squabble with a nearby neighbor.
Lest, however, other vtsttallOM
be sent, the father decided to have
the children vaccinated. They
cam* to town yesterday seeking the
Inoculation that would protect
them.
Stock Exchange Seat
Sells For $350,000
NEW YORK. March *4— OF)
Prices on the membership on tbe
New York stock exchange advanced
*IO,OOO to a new blfftirecord at 939*,-
OOp as total sales crossed the 3.066,-
000 share mark for the third consecu
tive Saturday,
Heavy profit taking sates checked
the rising tide of stock prices but
not until -Oeneral Motors bad movad
up $4.75 to another n*w high record
at *193. closing 13 a shara below
that level General motors has added
approximately *035,000,000 to the
market value of Its shares of com
mon stock since the present boom
rtarted three weeks ago.
Smith Does Not Choose To
Run For Sheriff's Office
H O. Smith. who was runnep-up
iu the lent contnst. doe* not choose
to run for the Joh of Sheriff of Wny»e
county, he announced yestardny.
The announcement from the man
who pave Sheriff flrnnt the beet race
in the laat go round ie thought to
throw the content for the highest of
fice in the county between ■’•Sheriff
Grant, the present Incumbent, and
Jim Byrd of Mt. Olive.
Byrd, who wae aleo in the race the
lint time, made official announce
ment in the Mt. Olive Tribune In It*
laat elect U%i that he eat out tor
the place and Homer Brock, editor of
the Tribune, wrote In hi* <h*t
Mr. Byrd wae "going to work to win”
While Mr. Byrd’* official announce
ment came only thl s week, It ha* been
generally understood that he wae
TWENTY PAGES TODAY
not been provided pMnee wiipld have
been forced To 'tabs tbe air la tha
general direction ot the high school
building and LL- Murphy said avia
tors preferred heading toward open
country.
The runway to be provided will he
about 3.56# feet long and will bo es
pach scope aa to accoaradate the heav
iest type plane, It Is said. Forty acres
comprise th* field, which Is port of
the city farm, lying non beast of the
residence of. Dr. testy and of the
Orlffla pork.
A tklrty-alx foot rood has boos op
ening on the easier* edge of the
field and this mod ot tba point ot
reaching the Norfolk-Pother* roll
rood (rocks turns to th* weet In suek
u fashion os to permit autoaMhUea
driving to the port.to continue ou pad
return to tbe city without turning
. round at the spot.
Parking space for thousands of
nntomobiles will be provided a poo
the occasion of the formal epoolag.
GRANTHAM BOY
WINS CONTEST
Man*hall Jenaott tigs 100 OUmt
ContwUßta Fvm Tw*»ty-
Fhr# CmwUw
Marshall Jeanett, young eop of Mr.
and Mrs. E. W. Jenaett of Grantham
township, waa yeaterddy notified that
“t» woe wtaMor to the >rßi« contest
' tor vocational agriculture students
II Msatarn North Corollas. Th* con
test woa sponsored by th* Chile**
. Nitrates Educational Bureau.
Young Jennet! will get 995 tor wlo
' »tag th* con test, but more than that
he sad hla folks hove the sottstac
tion of knowing that hla asm* topped
'the list of 1M other young men la
j twwbay-ftv* counties who eoataslad
for the honor. He waa trained la ag
riculture under Prof. 0. F. Seymour
of th* Greet hem high school and ft
woa sold yesterday that his success
indicated the scop* of th* lastroctioa
being given.
There were two divisions of the
contest la which Mr. Jeasctt waa
winner. One hinged on hla own cui
tlvatlon of two acre* of tobacco and
the other oa Me ability to Judge
crops. His combined scores la then#
two dirts lons won first place for Mm.
Oa his tobacco project h* realised
*OO3 oa two scree and of thin *mou*t
about 9496 waa claar.
DAYIR IN NICARAGUA
#
MANAOUA. Nle.. March U.—UTh-
F. Trubee Davison assistant secra
tary of war, and Maj.-Oea. James E.
Fee hot, chief of the United EUtes
army air corps, left Managua this
morning on th* last lap of their flgkt
from Washington to Panama.
> running for the place for nereral
month* now. Hl* announcement ta
the first official notice of Intention to
make the race in the Democratic pri
mary to be staged not many week*
tway.
B. 0. Smith any* he doev not choose
is run because he I* too busy sailing
Watkins products. The last race cost
1 a prettier penny than he had thought
it would, somebody, quoted him ns
•aging. _ -,f:
The general Impression In tbs
county is that Sheriff Orant in right
Misty Intrenched In the job. He wen
"national attention in Ibe way tfe
handled the trying Newsome cnee nad
•ays that be has never had so much
favorable comment and promises *1
i support i, he In having now.
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SNOW HILL. March 34—(»P)-ThO
victory that broke tbi power of (la
Indiana In (Bantam Carolina aa4 mm
thorn scurrying to Now York wa»
celebrated today la a fashion to leave
a nark, or rather a Marker, for Um
non 3M yoara.
Ttio victory oHUif 111 yaars ago.
Today tko Daughter* of tha Amort -
can Rovolatloa orootad It Markor and
unveiled It, kora whara wan owes tko
primeval banting ground of nation !a
dlaa trlbles, now rick agrlsultorpl
land, ytaldtag It* bounty to Aaortea.
Tko Mark loft by tka Indiana tokse
»n tka name of a Now Talk City
to wkick tka Indiana of, North Cato*
Una gava tkatr naMa—Chastaogu*
and tka travallag Ckaataana ooaraoa.
Itrtaraa and programs, carry tka
name. Naw Bora, ttaatf was originally
known aa Ohattawka. ■■
Tka D. A. K. North Carolina aoa
laty, lad by lira. Bata C. Cregary.
Salisbury, atoto ragout, ted takra
tka load la aractlag markara la raaag
-itlon as acktavamants of th« pant nod
enduring Ingpiratiaa to tka praaaut
and fulura.
Mold at North Carolina dadteatad to
day. a gboat of a rimmbaraaci of
glrao a markar which will UOU for
eg sally long caaiurtao to ooom that
agrtgultaroi- roogirratlou baa praa
pererM—Here In teuton North Coro
Don whara fanwteg aaoola.
Tka white man waa hh kottlo Mr
agrteoltara. tko Indite* MM hia kant
•n«. ■ ■ * .
to- Iho Mnahpv lodlf MMte'
Moooraiaa tka crowatau efetory^Wl
nivuuißivt *•*
tka Tuaaarora War. tha kattla which
audad ta nod lad tka rgMoml of ia
futod Taaeorota Indlnoeto Naw
Turk.
Tka markar algo c iotetunritaa tko
aouthara boundary as Lord Oraurtllo’a
one-eighth port of Corotloo '
Tka Wttar flgkMog took plaoa ftra
Mltoo wart Os teow NIU. March M-tt.
ITIS wbga tko ladioaa oudar Hoacoak
aafforad the won* Wow avor aapar
lonoad by tkrtk Ik North caroNaa.
Tka Toamwrwa dwalt ta tertlo
county aod la tko lonia aonth of tka
Roonoka ate on tka tiir and nrttki
rtvora. To tka north Mi notkwaot of
A ibermarte aound want tka Makarrtna,
Chow Bite iteguotoaka, Motto
ways. Cnrrttneka ate Ytoptate Barth
what of AUmaarld won tka Mtott*
< pa. Cotaekoaya ate Hoaalooa
To tka aart of thnaa trthdb rtratoh
log to wara tka Mgttggkgo
kaata. Matchapoagao, Hattaraa, Oorou,
Woccona and Craotawa. Further aootb
with about ijto warrtgrt available.
On tka atda of tha white mam waa
a total as l.rti a loan «Mo to hour
•rota, out of Tte to Mg Carte no
colony.
Contraction as" tka eojrtMl waa
tka aIM of tha rai akloa. MiWlfr
•hay pliad thalr Indian akifL Tha
MatUMnakaata and MaUtehfl*—
worn ta mnaancre tko ioteWtanta of
tko Both auction Tha Ftealtewa warn
to alay tha act tiara ahova Bath. Tha
Cotochaa. la what la at grant at Crnv
n county, ate tha Coras wgta to gtow
down tha (•olonlaU aa tha TaAt ate
Naaoa Tha Tonesroraa ote
Meherrln* ahd. othar Indiana took
tko Albums tola aectite. Mr thalr rolda
Borne 1.200 Tavearoraa and «M el
ites begun thalr Marehoa on th* might
of Saptambor ll—tka *aro tog art
by tha wily Indiana. Beauts want
■band. Indiana folio wad. All aaktog
food. ' ~r
But at dawn tha war
wkoopa ranouadad tbroagkoat tka
province. Frightful maoa acres raailtf
ad. Flru waa sat to many places. many
lattlaMaatu. Butchary begum Two
bnadrod wkltoa alaia M akar Naw
Bara, more than 1M along tha Roa
noke rivW. Throe day* ate alfkta of
drankon alaagktor and horror.
Tko straggling survivals aaatarai
and Naw Bora ate fOrtlftod them
m Iras Tka rad akin roatlauad hia
ilupradattooa.
Chief Justice Oala snot anocor from
South CaroHna gte tk# ** i
(Coattaaad oa Papa Bava«|