WEATHER
Partly c toady aad colder. Friday.
■atarday showers.
VOLUME SEVEN; NUMBER 47
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RELIEF PLANE OFF TODAY WITH PARTS FOR BREMEN
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Balchen and Bennett
Will Pilot Tri-Motor
Ship Leaving Detroit
o
Effort To Bo Mode Moke Non-
Stop Flight to Point Noar
Grecnly Island
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MIGHT HUNG CREW
BACK TO NEW YORK
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RcHof Plane Groomed to Take
Air Pram Fond Field At
Dawn Today
DETROIT. April 19.—W”) -A plan*
wm a roomed tonight at the Foid air
port for a take-off at dawn tomorrow
to carry auppliea and repair* to the
Trani-Atiaatk- Germea plane Bremen
dlaahled and stranded on Oreealy Is
land, In the froien north land.
The relief pinne. a trl-motored Ford
Airship Is to be piloted by Floyd
Bennett and Bert Balchen who wgr#
to be accompanied by Thomas Mulroy
•nd Chariot J. Murphy, the latter a
representative of the New York
World thronah which the North Am
erican Newspaper Alliance is ipon
" soring the expedition.
The Stars planned to make r'non
stop flight to Murray Bay* Quebec,
pad then to Oretnly Island to deliver
, parts needed for repairs on the Bre
men to enable it to complete Its trip
to New York C ty.
If they are unable to prepare the
Bremen to take the efr. the tescuers
planned to taka tho plaue stranded
crew. Major James Fit/.man rice. Capi
Hermann Koehl and Baron Von
Huewefe|4 to Now York.
QUAKE KIIXS
THIRTY-TWO
Report* Baffin to Com* In Os
Earthquake Damage In
Bulffaria
f -
SOFIA. Bulgaria. April
Tnlrty-tWo persons have been report
ed dead in a aeries of earthquake
shocks which rocked Boris and South
ern Bulgaria last night
Reports from Phllippnpolla the most
Important toprn of Southern Bulgaria
■tay that 30 persons were killed there
and more than 100 injured with the
possibility that the list will grow as
more complete reports are made Ser
ious damage was caused In tha lower
quarter of the city here there are a
number of new buildings and the
population today was in a state of
panic
DEPUTIES MAKE
NUMBER RAIDS
\ ,
Pour Out Over 1200 Gallon* of
Beer, Seise Still and Destroy
Galvanized Outfit
Twenty-seven barrel# of beer, to
taling ever 12<w gallons, were poured
ont by Wayne deputy sheriffs In
raid* yesterday. a sixty-gallon Sou
rer sill seised aud a oil drum outfit
destroyed. >
• In the morning the raids of the de
puties led first to the Sleep Creek rnn
ft Ind'an Springs township
"“•Ahrre five barrels of beer were
poured out.
Contlhulug to the Cray Thicket aec
th»n of Broaden township eight bar
rel! of mash were wiostrnyed st one
old still sight, continuing i path from
the spot down s branch yards
the officer!! came upon a atlll In op
eration. Three negroes operating the
plant eacaped: here II barrels of
h>sr were poured out. and still sailed,
and several gallons of whiskey sels- 1
rd . ' I
in tho afternoon the deputies switch
«d their operations Into Plkevlll*
tftwirshlp discovered ■ galvanisbd oil
Crum being, operated as a atlll. des
troyed It and poured out three bar
rels off beer nearby.
Participating In tbe raids were De
*
put ten J. C. Kornegav, Roy Precise,'
and Ashley Whitley. 1 __
THE GOLDSBORO NEWS
RElb IN THE MORNING WHILE MINDS ARE FRESH—READ BY BUYERS BEFORE THEY BUY-
Two Goldsboro Men
Taken In Kinston
(Courtesy Kinston News leader)
KINSTON. April a
thrilling chaae. which occupied 2't
minutes of mad driving over high
way number 10 between LaGrang)
and Kinston, Kinst!>n police late
tonight captured Henry Oodwla,
Obldaboro, and Jim llopcwi 11, als »
of tjoldsboro.
Tbe men were txkeu Into cus
tody after 12 gallons of liquor
were discarded lu a small autv-'Y
mobile which they were driving.
Godwin fold police Capt Htro.id
here that he was at the present
time under a $30,000 bond in
Goldsboro for having eloped with
another man'a wife.
The men are being held here for
trial. *
TWO FIRES IN
CITY FRIDAY
Chevrolet Truck Badly Burned
And Idutd of Fertiliser
’» Destroyed
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Two flrq i.Urm.i were turned In
vesierdap About 10 o’clock sparks
falling on a negro - home In the
Roblnsou Manufacturing Company
sccth'ii brought tho comp my lu-a run
Discovered early, the flames were ex
tinguished before they had done much
damage
About nrton the fighters were called
to the Oak Heights filling stations.
Firemen said that the gas tank of a
Chevrolet truck waa run over and
the gas dripping onto the hot ex
litust ignited. Moat of the cab was
burned off the truck and a load of
fertiliser destroyed. The name of the
farmer susUMning the damage could
not be learned.
JUNIOR PLAY
TONIGHT WEEK
Clan*. Worklnq Hard In Prepara
tion For Prowitinff “Th«
New Poor”
(By Billy Simmons)
The Junior plsy has been an ofl
uual event of the Goldsboro High
School for s number of years, the pur
pose being to defray the expenses of
the Junior- Senior Banquet «"d nth
tr Junior oetlvitles “The New Poor"
a farce In three acts by Cosmo Ham
ilton .has been chosen as the pl»y for
this year, and will be presented at
the Mason. Theatre,. Friday night.
April 37.
The try-out content was held sev
eral weeks prior to the selection of
the play lu order to obtain the play
best suited to the talent of the cltw.
Those, taking part In the play are
Alex Melatan. Henry Moore. Dented
riHllkln. Zclma Mlnter. Slocum Orr.
Mark Best. Selma Parker, Pauline
Panned. Elisabeth Simmons. Nina
Hines and ,Archie Pate.
Rome of t hose taking part in *hi s
play have already taken part In
some of the previous aehool plsy* and I
have shown remarkable histrionic ab
ility. Alex McLean. who appeared In
Charm last year as a book salesman
will take the leading
New Poor. Slocum Orr. and l<ester
ftlllklii were Blue Hhse and Yellow
Hose in “The Knave of Harts” pre
xented by (fie dannatlc dlub this year
J Nina Hines pliycd the part of an old
I “.oman In “Klders to the Sea" also
presented by the dramtlr club.
'paroi.kn lor three
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RALEIGH. Ap It 11.—(A*)-Cover-;
nor Mi l-run paroled three prisoners
one from State prison and one each
3 from Wake and C’abarrua counts
roads, j
FISHER IS DISTRICT G. O. P. DELEGATE
GOLDSBORO WINS Ist ROUND
' HOSTESS TO KANSAS CONVENTION
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Mr*. Jacob L Loom oi Kansas City will act ah hostess to the,
t; O. P. prcsiilcntinl convention deiegatea in the Missouri city »•
S. J. WESTRAY
DIED THURSDAY
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Funeral Will lie Held From
Home Ai 2 OVlrck This
Afternoon
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Following an Illness of two months
S. J, Westnay. aged 13, died at UU
home In township yestrr
ilay afternoon. I>eath was i-ausrd hjr |
a complication of diseases.
Funeral services will be condncted
from the home at 2 o'clock this after- j
noop by Rev. A. #-. Rmlth, pa dor of!
the Hrat Baptist churtAt. Members of
tjie Barac class of First Baptist
church, of which Mr. Westrsly was j
n devoted member, are scheduled to
as jiallbeirers at tbe funeral. In- j
terment will be in the family burying !
ground near the home,
The deceased, a. good and truo cltl- i
xen is 'survived by his mother 3 sis- !
ter. Mrs. It.. A. H-trlckhuul of!
Whitakers and Mrs. C. B. Bartholo
mew of Goldsboro; three brother*.
J. E.. L A. and L. 11. West ray, all
cf Goldsboro.
Negro Speakers Express Appreciation For
What North Carolina Is Doing For Race
Appreciation o{ the nygro rare for
what the Hi lit 5 Os North Cirolln* I
doing for It provided distinguished
I< adera-of the rare with their tly'nn
yesterday when they addressed at
audience riinmn#.,r\loKe to l.Oftff upon
the occasion of tloAllprm.il opening o!
the new OBcrrv tytuiijng at the Hoe
pltal for the <Toftr|g|jm , anc here. On
Wednesday the white people of the
rectlnn. at the call of Tiptain
j an O'Berry and the hoard of trustee/
| of the hospital, had gathered for the
opening of the building and yiwter
: day the negroes did likewise
“We set today tar the negro rare
> to call and Inspect the biri|ditig and
■ gain aonte conception of wb’t the
J state la'doing for the unfortunate
■ colored Insane.'* explained t’aptaln
j O'Berry, aa chairman of the hoard of
j directors. “Beratiae the auditorium
| here was entirely too small to have
P* rmlttod hoth racea to hare gathered
at one time Had not thta been the
■■ •-.lee there would hare been one pro
| gram with representative speaker*
llrom both rare* talking to a mixed
I fudlenre"
Hue Singing Heard
As en opening number. Ih*v sang
| America all of It—and wlShu vol-
GOLDRBORO. N. C FRIDAY MORNING. APRIL 20, 192 H
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CASHIER SHORT
| IN HIS FUNDS
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M«n Whc Fndcd Hit* Llfff As
ExHinicrr* Arrived. Sh rt
, *23 HLDO
STATESVILLE. N C.. Aprlf 19 —(Ai
National bank examlnpra tonight
had n«B their examlnulios'
of the hooka of the < ommcrc al N»- ‘
tiunai .Bunk. although annuumemenl
was made tjiday that W. D. Turner.!
I PreetdcnL that a shortage of 1334.()0n,
-had been found 111 the book* of D.j
cashier, whs killed himself
yesterday.
| Brief announcement by Mr.
: j iiiride In connection with a statement;
! that director*-, Instilut on had
! ordered it and turned over to
tho exwn.lnor waa tbe only Informs-!
> tiun made public. There was no ex-j
plunatlon as to how the shortage oc- 1
Umrrcd or what may have become e
the money.
Ausley was buried at 4 o'clock this
afftrnoon. He shol himself while In'
his room at a local hotel. «> |
tme and harmony that filled the |
treai atone and cement building wltb |
t reverberating beauty-that pulsed |
ind pulsed and warmed every patrlo-
Ic heart. And Utef. every mm and
vomen, boy and girl standing erect
.id nt attention, they sang tbe Star
Spangled Haner and there *m a ter
jnr In their voice* pud a ibinr In tbe
•yes that spoke of faithfulness and
-bi-p love send devotion for tho flag
ind country whose national anthem
they raised.
Four Younge negro men sang quar
tett selections the great audience
rhyvnlcally ar opt* pan led thorn
these young m*n Florence Kamp
son. Abner Sampson.
slid Dock .(Sykes, rung as only the
child of music can sing, their har
mony baaed not upon tho trallied art
of flu- intHji IVi hot njion tho deep
seated feeling for harmony. Then
the rhoir—picked shim tb« negro
choirs oif the nity—Joined in "Steal
Away" and those of the white rues
who heard were lifted up and car
ried Into communion' with higher
things. Time after time. Captain O’-
Berry found occasion to compliment
the choir on Its m«niii>r of singing.
Rest. It F. Johnson returned '»■*
Get Decision
;
Unanimously
High School Debatora This Morn
*•
inff Advance To Bcmi-Final*
In Chapel HUI
Having won their contests.lu a aer
ies of 13 preliminary elimination eer
ier last evening, Goldsboro High
school debaters wIH this morning ad
vance to the semi-flails lu compstl-
Frn for ths Ghsrlss B. Aycock ds-
Isiting cup at tbe Unlvsrslty of North
f’aroilna, Hupei Hill Esra Ortfflu
telephoned his father E. B. Griffin
late last night that M'ss Eleanor. Bis*
toll and himself had won tlieir eod
tcKt la one of the proltmlnsrlss and
that Miss Mary Ungstoa and Dan
Powell. dchaJing In anothar hail, had
won their contest. The semi-Anala wilt
get atarted about 9 o’clock today, and
tha finals about • o’clock Ihia svan
ing. E. B. Griffin wl'l go thla morning
to Chapel Hill and Join tha Goldaboro
party already-thera with tha Ideal de
list era. >.' *
Both Goldsboro trams won thatr
decisions by unanimous decisions, ac
cording to a call from Principal I*.
T.. Hamilton to Tho Nawa early this
mornfng. - r
Os tha fifty-two teams who eompat
td yesterday 1.7 affirmative and 13
negative teams ware selected tq go
into tha arml-finals-today'The afflr
mn’lvc teams: Scotland Nook. Rox
jt sro, Grace. Apex. Slier City, Lexlng
-1 ten. Leggetts, Washington, Ooldakioro
Kinma. Ansonvllla, Mara „HtU and
Candor
!
. The Pillowing negative teams sur
viv'd tha preliminaries: Trjroa,
I Goldstk .-a, Mar* HUI, Plkavlllt, Hc<“t
land Neck, Lexington. Rockingham.
| Reidsvllle. Koxhoro, Washington Col
legiate Institute, Mt. HoHynjbarty
jagif l<enotr
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TO KKPAIR Bl ILDIhGN
RALEIGH, April 19—(A*)—Repalr
| lug of all present bidding and erection
j c.f additional ones Is tbe plan nt the
trurtees of Peace Institute. Bresliy
| teflan school for glrlv here this sure
mer, The work Is expected to be well
1 under way when the school begins
I i-iinther session next fall
I prayer at the opening of the exere.la
es. short, fervefil and appropriate. L.
M. Blue, ser-retary of the board of
directors who ao thrilled the aufiience
which heard Him Wednasdmy. spoke
on behalf of the board to the neg- |
toes. "We have advanced ao far I*
North Carolina that we cannot af
ford to dtacrlmtnata against a people
bccansn there la a difference of col
or" he said "There are some oegroas
who want to be whites. They are tr*v
elllng In the wrjvng direction. Be
proud of the fact that you are a
Negro."
Dr. W. C. IJnvllle. superintendent
,es the hospital, reviewed for the aud
ience something of the history of the
institution and declared that the time
has come when the negro race must
open Its eyes to the Inroads which
syphilis Is making In the race, point
ing out that 30 percent of the ineans
esses received at the hospital the last
year were fracable to this dlaesae.
Tear Hera, he said turning into tha
direction of the Dillard High School
•Indents who had been allowed to at
tend the cetysmonles In p body—min
isters. and leaders of *he car# gener
ally should begin to pay’vllenMOa to
. "( , (Continued On Page Three)
LEGION HEARS
H. L STEVENS
Newly Formed Auxiliary Meet*
With 1/Cffipn At Memorial
BuiidinK
Commander C. V. Btrosnlder called
to order one of Ihr largest eUeutcd
meetings of the local post of the Am
erican I.**ton over held la title city
Inet night 4a their hall at the Com
munity halldlng. at which the Am
erican legion Auxiliary wm preennt.
After an invocation by the chaplain.
J. 0 . Crone, an tntereetlnx program
waa offered, first there wae a song
by all under the direction or Kenneth
Klnlay which waa followad by a beau
liful aolo by Mra. W. 1,. Frederick,
K novel contest waa next which wae
greeted Involved the gueeaing of the
number A mined quartet
ti apoeod of Mri. W. L. Frederick,
Mla« Mary Emma (llddeoa. John Wut
era.* aqd Kenneth Fl»lay rendered en
joyable several of the old tonga ac
companied by Mrx. .A- H Kerr
George Thompson, Inimitable mon
clogulet aet everybody to peals of
mirth with a hypothetical experience
Os tk erookl.a
Kbalntln* the program was an able
addreee by Peat State Commander
Henry L. Btevene of -Warsaw who
vpoke In hot glowing terms of the
purpOhee end Ideal* of the American
legion, enlightening many of the
goals or thle nrgsalsattou Initiated
following the great war.
Cloatna the evening * plsasara waa
a harborne anpper served to the 115
mem hern of the two organlaatlone jure
rent and aeveral visitor*. which wan
an event Ih Iteelf.
Announcement *»« made of the of
ficers of the newly formed anxtllary
namely Ml«e Madelelhe Hummel,
president: Ml»« Allle Freeman and
Mrs. Robert Stereos. v<oe presidents
».Mra. C. H. Rurrougbs secretary and
treasurer, Mrs. Eeno Hollowell. hla
lor lan and Mra. T. B Henderson,
-chaplain. '
SAYS WARRANT
WILL BE ASKED
0 #
Mr. Culbrtlh Clblbm Measure
ment* Show Auto Which
v-*' * #
Hit Boys Wad Speeding
Cornelius Cuiyreth. aged,C son>>f
Mr. and Mrs. Vl. P. CnlOreth and
Owen Pets, rife d 7, ebn of Mr. and
Mrs. K. RXPate. who were Injured
when qjyvTbUldcd with an automo
bile driven hr Willi* Taylor at
Oreenleaf Wednesday
last night reported as still suffering,
from tbs’effects of the accident
"I carried my boy home from the
hospital et noon," aatd Mr. Cntbretb
last night "But he hs# a high fever
tonight. I can't see that hs la any
better, and Mr, Patna boy, the "«*
I who had his tongue cot badr. Juat
(vomited ujs*a quantfyr of blood.”
Mr. Culbycth said that measnra
menU made by himself. In company
with Deputy Sheriff J. C. KoAcgoy
indicated that Mr. Taylor must hava
been traveling at a high rate of
rpeed at the time the accident oc
curred The boys were chasing a Hall
with which they wer* playing when
they - bit the automobile. It had been
< I aimed.
“We took a steel tape measure,**
1 said Mr. Culbreth .and It wna t# feet
from where the brakes were first ap
plied -as shown where the wheela had
slid—to where the boys were Mt, and
irom where they wane hit to whore
’ car stopped wae 13 feet a"d 10 In
ches. I Juat wanted the report about
* how fast the automobile waa going
kept straight.**
Mr. Culbreth, Indicated last even-’
!n» that Indictment* would be aakef
i against Taylor, driver of the auto
mobile. »"■
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MEMBER Or
THE ASSOCIATED
napoo
rl%CioO w
PRICK PITS CSMTB
Warn Butler
ForC.bi.iet
~.rsM£tsaf
In what waa tarmed one of the
tloae which the BapohUeoil party hds
sver staged, the G. Q. P of the third
to Senator Marioa Bailor oatßao the
why and wherefore* of Whg he bol
perfected tbstr organisation foe the
vented at the meeting.
delegate to the national coavenUaa to
N held in Kansas City srtth Jtto B.
Apparently the Shew sapgortera
a»d Lowdan supportnrs were as will
hr. Ptahar waa leR uaiastmomd as
to the coaveattoo.
The election of the Sempaeh omega
delegate to the ooaeegjfloa aad Mm
presage of a-roeolattos aMMfatlaf
the ret era of a RepabUoed admtais
t ration wish the request that the-Boa
rutary of Agricwlter* ha ee loot ad from
the sooth and from Worth Ce#*Uns tw
the person of Beaotor Butler nfOrq the
OUtHtlwiilH (ifVtlOpSMlI t)Mt Mil*
one.
" ffinihm ones MeboM editor at the
Iteaufort Hearn, man nominated »a the
ticket as a BMdtfIMMBSrjBMVMr.
"I tried to gat them hht to aefhteato
me.*, said Mr. Mohege calling |t The o
News office. "bat they Jnat host 9ft
luslstlag, Just foread ft as mo This
la going lo ho n Repabllaan yaar and
we will get two or.three Ooagrert
men and the third Last as wall ho
om of these district*"
earned
T. Oardner. 0 f Ban atari uhgtomv of
the rongreoaloaal commute*.
To Comprloo th* third daiogate la
the state execetlve committee vara
named D, M Joaae of Cgrtgrot. J.
R . Hsadloy of Ooldeboro; George V.
Butler of Sampaea aad Mra. Hoary
J Kelson of Felooa. sy
The cooventloa wag celled to ardor
hr Richard Marring of Cttntan and
Henry J. Palana of Palaoa mafte per
manent chairmen. Mr, Mehahi woo
rsmod secretary.
Reeolntlods endorsjag Sana the Bai
ler as the man far the place at See*
retary of Agriculture vara as Mtavs
Whereas, the Booth ft Urn greatest
egricultaral section of the Catted
States, and
Whereas oar groat section has vod
er been repreeohtod l» PreOtdeofs
cabinet by o Secretary of AgrtogflM*
gad
Whereas the moot vital thing tor
the agricultural Inter##!* of th* Booth
Is to b* represented hy an Intelligent
true friend of ogrienftepe vh* hnov*
fully the baric needs to mrdm Ogri
tallure prosperous new thototor*.
Resolved, that th* it I mate seal
from the Congressional Bftlftot to the
next National Rapahllcsn Cowan
t|i>n be and In hereby Inet reded to *oe
ni* vote end inflaaaoe In orory hoe
oruble way to the utmoat to the end
that such s conrpetaat Bnatham auui
may be Invited hy th* next HtglM
esa Preeident of the Catted Mates to
serve In his Cabinet gs Secretary of
Agriculture.
Resolved, that this coavanttaa rt
rnemtM sad Indore# the Honor
able Marioa Butler. Os Sampson eons
ty. for Secretary of Agrioeltare -By
reason of hi# txpertsocp vtth,. apd
grant Interest In the prnbtomt Os Ike
farmer w# bailee* him eminently
:D*d lo fill this position
Adopted by acclamottoo. .
rftll.DftKH SEE MI’SITB
KAI.KIOH. Aprtt 1» VD —Th*
State Msseom her# to enjoying lam*
attendane* with mdhy school children
parties from all seetlen* of Hortl
Carolina vlaHtng the tastitatto*. re
ported Curator Harry T. naeto
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