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VOLUME SEVEN; NUMBER M
EXPEDITIONS PREPARE TO SEARCH FOR ITALIA
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TRY TO CONSOLIDA TE SMITH BACKERS AGAINST LANGSTON
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Dirigible Which Flew
Over North Pole Has
Been Missing 3 Days
AjaumUen and Sverdrup Lend
ing Advice Tf> Norwegian
Government in Cano
BASE SHIP HELD
UP BY TCE FLOES
Probable That Italia Came Down
North of Spitsbergen;
Holm To Search
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OSLO. Norway, May 21— 0P}—‘ Thro*
expedition* with a fourth Ip proapect
were underway tonight In »n effort to
bring aid to tbe dirlgißle Italia now
■lasing were than three day* after
bar aurcaaf.fllght to the North Pole.
Included among the men pitting
thetr knowledge of the polar region
r gainst the disaster whfch may have
overtaken General Umberto Nobile
were such jaeu aa Roald Amundsen,
noted polar authority, and Captain
Otto Sverdrup famous aa an arctic n
yiorer, who are giving their counael
to the Norwegian government In pre
paring for an expansive relief expedi
tion. * » '
WWI* the bane ship CUta De klll
ano waa bald up by ief float t*>ai
blocked her pregreta and tbe eteam-<
Ship Brapgenxa Waa ep route r o n
Promaaoe, Norway to Spitsbergen,
Lieutenant Heim, Norwegian riylpg eg
pert, took oft In a Nerwertan navy
hydro airplane from the Horten base
for Promoaoe. I
lib accordance 'fctb the theory o?l
Captain Rlaer Larsen, who probably
will bead tbe, BuUn Norwegian relief
expedition, that tba Italia came down
np«n the Ice somewhere North or
Spltabergea, Lt. Holm will explore
the north and northeast coant of
Kpitfberaen. Every meteroligical con
dition Indicated that the Italia must
hare come down north of her base la
Captain Laraena* opin ion and an air
survey of title district appears to of
fer the beat prospect of finding tba
missing airship.
* CORDOVA. Alaska. May 23—</P>—A
' Wireless message Indicating that the
Cltta De Milano, mother ahtp of the
ItaUan Arctic expedition, waa battltna
a fierce snowstorm was Intercepted
by tbe Naval radio staUou here today.
The message was in Italian. It gave
th*o ship's position aa North of ('ape
Barren, about *0 degrees nofrth lati
tude and said tbe vessel wi* attempt
ing to make a n»#*-ce but h*d en
ouutered a bad sleet sad *p«W
r.term. . *
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ARE TO HONOR
LATE JURIST
Exercises For Judge Robinson
Will Bo Thursday After
• • noon At 2:SO
Members of the bar association of
aarronndtng count lea are ewpeeted to
attend In layge numbers the memon
lal exercises at the courthoiiae hdre
Thursday afternoon at 2:Jo tn henor
e| the late Judge W. 8. 0. B. Rob
inson. The exercises are scheduled, by
action of the Wayne county bar, and
aa a tribute to tbe man who for ae
many year* was on* of the leading
gnd amt loved member of tteb-db
eoctatum.
rt. P. Parker dean of tbe local
group, will act aa chairman of tba
meeting. Judge Daniels, who wna
very close to Judge Robinson, will
deliver the principal address, and
tbort tribute* will be paid by other
members of the bar.
Tbe public la cordially Invited te
attend tbe memorial service which
will come as Wayna County Superior
court p«ue*s In It's regular routine to
honor the great and good man who
ip se more.
THE GOLDSBORO NEWS
BEAD IN THE MORNING ■HUS MINDS ABB FRESH—READ BY BUYERS BBPOBB THEY BUY.
Johnston Man Dead,
Five Are Arrested
Paul and Aualey Pllklngton, Cart
CM 1 dross, and Bardic* and Jamee
Narroa are held la Jail in Smith
field In connection with tbe death
of Everett Eason. 35, whs died
Sunday In a hospital from injurtae
caused the five man say. by a HU
and run driver.
Chief of Police Sutton said the
five men reported to him that Ka
eou was struck by a MR and run
driver but upon Investigation a
hammer waa found by Bason’4 aid#
’ which caused him to refuse te ac
cept the theory that tbe man wa*
struck by an automoblla, .
DILLARD HIGH
EJJVDS SESSION
Thirty-Eight Negro Boys and
Girin Receive High School
Diplomas
Dillard High school (cojored) clov
ed k very successful year with the
commencement exerclaea held la it
night at Dillard High School auditor
ium. The melons hall waa ailed to
its capacity. Several members of tba
Board of Education, the Seperinten
dant and several other white people
were present.
C. C. Spaulding. President of the
N. C. Mutual Life Insurance Company
of Durham, gave the addrblp. What
Kind of Education. He said In giving
his .definition of education that the
proper kind of education la one iVt
fits one to adjust himself to others.
He urged co-operation with all fac
tors making for progress
Diplomas were Issued to thirty-eight
graduates. Edward Robert Bo a tic,
who baa the record of perfect attend
ance throughout his entire school ca
reer was presented a live dollar bill
by Supt. Buy Armstrong. Other
award* given were prise* given to
Jaeper Raynor, as the
boy atudent sad to Alice Herring as
tha most useful girl atudent The Wm
H. Bryant prise for best essays on
health went to Lucille Brown, three
dollar* and Lucy Thompson, two dol
lars. • Tha award for scholarship
went to Jasper Raynor.
Music' was rand#red by the High
School chorus and a solo waa auag
by Cleo Peoples, member of the grad •
uatlng class Tbs Salutatory, Tbe
New Negro Woman wav given *by
Alice Herring and the Valedictory, A
Call -to Industry, was given by Jasper
Raynor.
STOCK EXCHANGE CLOSED
LONDON. May 3»—(IP)-The stock
exchange here the Liverpool cotton,
corn and provisions exchanges and
the Parts bourse are closed today.
Whitsuntide holiday.
Want • Understanding Which
Would Save Second Primary
Harrison Yelverton, on* of the four
candidates for the Legislature, and J.
R. Murvln of Seven Springs, one of
the thirteen candidate* for the five
rtaces on tbe -Wayne Oounty Board of
Commissioners, yesterday |pade the
suggestion that agreement be reach
ed under which a second primary
would not be necessary foe these offi
ces.
Mr. Yelverton said he would like to
have It understood that the two who
recalve tjie highest number of votes
tor tha legislature will be nominated
without a second primary. Mr. Mur
vln wants the five receiving the high
est vote for commissioner nominated.
Mr. Murvln submitted his proposi
tion in writing as follower
». Seven Springs, N. C.
I The probable route and location of the “Italia’’ which is thought te be drifting without gaa toward
Noya Zambia Arctic atoms art reported driving her In that direction aa indicated by tbe arrows. "
Old Lady Seriously Hurt
In Auto Wreck At Dudley
Three warrant!—one charging driv
ing while drunk, another reckless
driving and a third assault With a
deadly weapon, to wit an automo
bile—had been --sworn out yesterday
against Howard Winn, negro, native of
Mt. Otlte, but lately residing tn Penn
sylvania. aa she result of an automo
bile accident in which three Golds
boro people were seriously Injured.
Mrs Mary Br&wn. aged 71. auste n
ad a fractured hip. cuts and bruises
about the bend which required twenty
live hutches, and wsvere shock. For
cn* of' her age, h#%lnjurleg were con
sidered eatremely \ serious. Barring
complications, however, she la ex
pected to recover.
J. W. Brown. Inaurnnc* agent wh)
live* in Revlo Park, suffered two bad
ly torn ligaments in tba body, but
waa abla to leave the hospital yester
day morning after remaining there
overnight. "l 3 -
Mr». Mary Hrogden. sustained a
broken arm, and severe contusions
about'the face and body.
At the Goldsboro hospital where the
Injured were harried, it was said lest
evening that they wars resting aa wall
as could be expected.
Mrs. Brown, Mr. Brown and Mrs.
Brogden were occupant* of the Ford
Roadster which wav struck by the Jor
dan Roadster driven by Winn and con
taining his wife and father, Ira Winn
of Mt. Olive. Ira Winn austalnsd so
BLALOCK ENDORSES
SMITH ('OTTOS BILL
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WASHINGTON. May 24—(AV-U. «
• n
Blalock, general manager *f (he N,
C. Cotton Growers $»-opa Associa
tion endorses the Smith bill to auth
ortio Southern cotton deliveries on
N. Y, Exchange contracts and h*
written N. C. Senators asking them to
support It. «
May 2Stfi,.l>2B.
The Editor of
Tbe News:
In view of the fact that there are
thirteen candidates or tbe Democra
tic nominations for members of the
Board oil County Commissioners of
Wayne county, I suggest that we
agree that the five receiving the high
eat votes In the Primary held on Sat
urday, June 2nd, I#2# b* declared the
nominees, thereby saving county ex
pense of a seeond primary.
Thanking you to let me hear from
you.
I am.
Youra truly,
J. R, Merrin.
GOLDBBOBO. N. GTUESDAY MORNING, MAY 29, 1928
ver* bruises and Howard Wian, the
driver of the Jordan, wf« badly hurt,
but neither suffered Injuries regarded
as serious. Tbe negro woman Waa
the most badly Injured In their party.
The accident occurred at Dudley on
highway forty south oi the city about
5 o'clock Bunday afternoon. Deputies
who queAloned those la the wrack.
Mid Uut evidence w*slh*t Mv Banwb
was driving on hia proper side of the
rov«i and that the Jordan, driven by
Winn, cam* toward hiir. at a great
rat* of speed and on the wrong ride
of the road. When It appeared tba;
the Jordan was going to drive head
first Into hi* car. Brovra, U waa said,
pulled aharply to the left, sad Winn
pulled to th* left at the same time,
tbe can meeting head-on and being
badly wrecked.
The occupants wdr* thrown clear of
tbe wreck. It was sgld An ambglanc*
was called and the whit* people were
brought to the Goldsboro hospital.
The wife of Howard Winn was the
only one occupying the Jordan so
seriously hurt aa to require the Im
mediate attention of a physician and
she wna taken to a physician In Mt.
Oliva.
Winn Is held in Wayne county Jail
pending the outcome of the Injuries
to the old lady, and it was thought
that if she had rallied from the shock
and pasted the danger point he might
be allowed bond today.
POLICE SEEK
DRIVER OF CAR
Jin Mitchell InjuK3 When Hit-
And-Run Driver Strikes Car
In Which He Waa Riding
Pollco are looking for the driver or
the Urge open touring car which let#
Saturday night otruck the Kord tour
ii’ic car in which J. W. Mitchell and
Dob Broafa were riding, and injuring
Mr Mitchell.
The latter and Mr. Brown had been
rn a flah'ng trip and their oar was
hit by the heavy touring car at Vir
ginia and Mulberry etoeta. The cer,
aupporedfy' a Studebaker, did not
Hop, and authorities have had-reports
es an automobile of that description
b»vtng forcad several people off the
Mt. Olive highway in a mad ftigbt the
seme evening as the accident
„ - FIRE AT UAFFNKT
OAFFNEY. 8. C„ May H-Vs)
Damage estimated at $140,000' wav
done by fire which early today gutted
the Carrol and Dyerh department
store and for a time threatened the
entire business district.
Assistance wes asked of the Spar
tanburg ftre department and a" frdWt
waa sent to aid in controlling the
flames.
KIWANIS HEARS
OF PLAYGROUNDS
C«l Georg* K. Freeman and Bov,
Peter My In tyre Are Ob
Regular Program
Dr. David J. . Rem who waa la
charge of the program at last nights
Ktwanls luncheon presented a varied
nod Interesting dhtertalnment consta
ting of a guessing conteat sad talks
or. paUtloa aad children's pfeMpmeaAa
In a combination guessing t and
memory teat Clairboraa Boyall won a
box of cigars—the attendanci prise—
for naming >• out of tha 41 fcfeantles
constituting eastern Carolina.
Col. Oeqrge Freeman delivered a
short but emphatic'’ talk oa suffrage.
He explained briefly tbe difference
between the monnreby fbrm of govera
ment and tbe Republic form and
pointed out that in accepting tba Re
public form private citlaeag retained
the sovereign power and were there
fore obligated for the government. He
said that In hie opinion a cttlsaa who
did not vote waa aa mack a slacker
as the person who hid oat when duty
called for him to fight for bts eoue
try, and be added that due to stack
ers at voting the country was ran by
leas than _Jorty percent tA the peo
ple. Col. Freeman closed bts remarks
by urging every Klwanlan to not only
vets In tbe prigtary but to atso get
others to vota.
Rev. Peter Mclntyre called the
attention) of tbe club to the summer
children’s playground program, stat
ing that the playground In which the
Kiwanla club was especially Interested
the one on the Swan property 4a the
north end of town, would be able te
give greater service tnth* way or
swimming pool if'some arrangement
could be mad* to obtain free water,
Rer. Mclntyre 1n hia talk pointed out
tbe notlcsbl* Influence of education,
(Continued on page two) "j -
Say Leonard Tufts Will
Operate Morehead Villa
That Leonard Tuft*, developer. of
Hnehurst, baa coma Into control or
More bead villa, pleasure retort hot
el built In connection with More
head Hluffn 1> montba ago, waa tbe
report reaching Ooldab«ro yesterday
Irom Raleigh aonreea.
The (Iral Interoat of Mr. TuKa,
raid t|he reporta, would be th'e devel
opment of a magniftclent golf courae
to eotittl.the beat In the Routh. The
siory waa that he wobld spend Hd.-
000 on building tbe golf courae alette
Reports that the developer of Pina
burst has come into control of the
Villa came byway of Raleigh, and It
la known that tbe Villa has been dot
ed for ebauges for several weeka.
New Bern advices staled 'that tbe
place waa being "don* ' ever bad a
Local Candidate For
Lieutenant Governor
Gives Out Statement
Wayne Court Delayed
By Lawrence Action
• The trial of W. H Lawrence,
Durham coat racier tor tbs murd
er of Mrs. Aaals Terry, Durham
dressmaker, new la progress la
Pttlaboro, yesterday delayed the
scheduled convening of -Wayne
Cettniy Superior coart tor the trial
of Civil cases. Jadg* R. a. Nana
of New Bara, who te predtdtas ov
er th* Chatham county court la
Pttuboro, was scheduled to pres
ide here but, oa account of the
Lawrence case runalgg late thte
week could not be present. Jury
men who bad bean summoned for
yesterday wife* relieved of duty
until Wednesday and there tea
possibility that there may bo fur
ther delay as it te ceasMaaai by
maay that the Lawrence case wffl
not be over until Thursday.
4 TEST HATS
AT ROSEWOOD
Farmera Carry Or Experiment
To Determine Beet
FH Miner■ it
Fear farmers of the Rogewood Com
■unity are carrying oat lertljtoer de
monstrations aad exporter m& with
cotton, corn and tobacco. This la be
ing done vritb the coop*ration of the
Agricultural department of Rosewood
high reboot, the Chilean Nitrate o*
Bod* *dacat|oaal bureau aad tbe N.
C. Experiment station.
'The cotton experiment
te carried oa with Mr. T. M. Ram
tn bis tern. This expertemat was
worked oat aad lg sugar viand by tbe
N. C. Experiment Sutton fores fa
this tost are plats with 13
different fertiliser formulas and qaaa
idee per acre aad one check plat
with no fertiliser. This 1# the fifth
year this test baa been la
tbe asms way.
Interesting results have already
been gotten from this aad tba five
year average shoUttf eon
dot# results about the beet fertilis
er tor cotton. • »
Tbe Chilean Nitrate *f Rate educa
tion Bureau la cooperating ta carry
ing on th* fertiliser demonstrations
with cotton, corn and tobacco, la
these demonstrations are flv* plate.
«ach plat having a different kind aad
amount of fertiliser. The cotton fer
tiliser demonstration Is on Mr. L. M..
Cogdsll't farm. Th# tobacco fertiliser
demonstration la on L. C. Mine* farm
and tbs corn fertiliser demonstration
la bn Mr. C M. Boar roll's farm. This
is the third year these demonstration*
(Continued on page two)
targe sum spent In Improvement*.
This new* would aeeai to dovetail late
reports that Tofts, one of tbe beef
known resort developers In America,
waa taking charga of the Villa.
The Villa waa built by tbe Morw
l.eed Bluffs Company, a development
which at oaa time directed state wide
attention, but which suffered* In tbe
real estate deflation.
Tbs Villa la one of the most attrac
tive place# in this part of the tttata,
and liee within acceaa of the inland
water way route from Norfolk to Wil
mington, and lb easy ranch of pala
tial pleasure yachts which* travel up
end drown the Inland waterways from
New York to Florida each winter. A
yacht basin waa constructed neerAbe
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I KEMBB OF
THE ASSOCIATE!) v
prick nvs cams
I“I Hs*e Rita «a My lUeart tmi
IWkfhtsi of Homo Folks,"
Csi« v Immßui llaiii
HAS HUNG TO NO MAN'S
"COAT TAIL”, QBCLARIB
Win Not Ssorileo * DNi
AM PHmrkjU. For
“I II sol tntt my loyally to Brigade
••0 principles for oOTW," ososUdae
» statement issued yesterday hy «•»-
John D. Langston of Qulfshon. oos*
dltfoto for T Irnttaoirl uoreraurw Nhk
after continued i||lrto kin OHmSmI
him that a* start hi MOf MS t*
"coisolUsu'* iht myfsrtifi
to tW State agaiast him.
•ayt Uu Statement:
"Reports coming to mo Srooi a lam
avmbor of oooatloo an to Ute offset
that a con carted effort It Mac atA
to consolidate the eeatlmsat that Ml
faronihle to tho aomiaatioo of CkPfr
oraor Smith aatatootjao aad laJMM^
hi* nomlaatloa. This hot hats oos
phnal—d hy taterrlewo hr m olf 1
oat la thO atnoc Smith tootlooo oa
tnortm otroacty Mi doom tor tho
Lomtaattoa of Oot. Smith. Thin 0(0-
pha*l* ma«o
mrikt in not
of tho state ft my opponent trmot*
to ran oa an A1 Smith platform. oaf
Uoa for tho offtee of Usateaqat Ooe
oraor. I hopo ho will oot ho ftßoot la
sorsn iaacaasoa la thi Bast. otraddte
tho iaoao IS tho PUdmQStoad hocomo
Ride* i hash t noMsteHy otayhd o*t
•tatomont la aaever to jho Wlastep-
Salom Journal Qnosttnwmtro. Ikm
oot attempted to roa oyoa aa? ptafc
form of hootttfty to (si. Smith.
"Moot of tho Smith eypporttra t
horn talhod with kin hSiM that
to lino .with thote pi«o far tslsrtasa.
thor rdeoffnlae Os rffkt to hi ey
poood to Smith. Sad oCflMtr \ haoo
had ryayoet for tholr cohrfoMoSa Aad
1 boiioro oo« that aotwHsotaaitac
tho vary do Aalto effort that io bell*
mad# hy oomo of tho Mfa* of oostf
my opponent#. tho iateHlfoat *ro
Smith rotor* will aot ho wSUas te
ponoliio mo. because 1 cnaf fallow
thorn la tholr news shout Mo oao c
quo* lion. Thoy know that twioty-tro
yoor* conilotoat domooratte oorrlet
lo not a record to ho aiMfsarDr do
■troynd hy dtffmrsaam ahont a modi
dot# Whoa has It ooor horn that a
North Carolina Dima wot aooli aot
hare, docont opinions aad OSSfOOi
thonAwlthoMfoasmf reprisals. I haro
•ouffhCwo'tupport hr mr oßSoatUoa te
Smith. I would ho ootltlod to aoao if
that wort ay aoio qoaltSOotloa aad
platform. 1 taro aot ooosht to afl§o \
any 000 agaiaat ay opponent, besoms
he farorod Smith. It la his right aad
prlrllsgo. sad If ho ta othorwkss hotter
qnaliAod than I for the pSTfee of Lion
tenant (lorornor. ho shonld ho aoorf
nated. But ho can't mo oa that as n
platform and got away with ti sroa In
the Smith Comp, It ho ana. 1 am ssie
takon Jo mr eatUoete of North Caro
lina Democrats. 1 bars hotel charged
by niy opponent In his opening cam
paign tntqprrlow with bstpg- n friend
of Senator Simmon*, 'lorn in the fi
ner chamber' was the language nsed.
In other Interflows I hoes boon charg
ed with haring tho friendship of a
‘so-called' machine. I ham heretofore
Ignored these thrusts, because I ftfcr* *"
not cored for contrordray. Bat they
hare boon too persistant to remain
quiet longer.
v“I hero hung on to no moa's coat
tall. I hero mode no public claim of
say organised support, either «f Sim
mon*. Morrison McLean, or Qardosr. ..
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