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Don’t forget To Cast Tour Vote In Tomorrow’s Primary Election
WEATHER
Partly cloudy Friday. Showers Friday
•fte.nooß or night la east portion.
VOLUME SEVEN; NUMBER 83
15,000 WITNESS OPENING OF GOLDSBORO AIRPORT
*' w' ' .* 4 ■ * ' c ‘ • ~ .V; ’ ;
Richmond Flier First «
In 2 Contests and A1
L * .
Stewart Wins in Race
Gnat Crowd TkriH* As Porevit
hiPlumi Da Skew Their
npeea
PORT EXPERT SAYS LOOK
TO FUTURE AND PLAN IT
ConuMcroe Air Branch Repre
sentative Say a City Has
Unusual Opportunities
Port Opening Contest
Results Are Listed
Bombing contest: tint place. J
8. Charles cf Richmond, c» j« wild-
In 11.1 fact of target; ae<-oßit fc*
Brocken lore ugh; third. Al Stew,
art.
Balloon busting contest: J. 8
Charles, of Rfchmord. who with
bis plane crashed 4 oat of S of tm
tiny air B*»3 Al Stewart apd Kd
Brocken bo rough tied for second
, Race ftr commercial p’a tea.: Al
Btewart. fi at over the 25 mil: .
ceuree la If:30; J. H Charles sec
ond In 17 seconds; H. R Poinds*
Ur. third; Ed Brockenbirough,
fourth.
No dertaona made In stunt fly*
IM * .. ,
Parachute .lump ca’lcd off when
all pilots refuse I to all >w lump
from the r ships.
Daredevil wing-walking stunt
(.Tnifer aaare skits and with the
rarest breath of a wind blowing. 14.-
000 people yesterday afternoon aaw
five army and navy planes and els
civilian ships formally open the
Ooldsboro city airport, placlnn the
capital of Wayne at the forefront lit
preparation tor the future In com-,
merclai aviation In this part of the
•late
"What you need to do," said A. P.
Taliaferro, si-port expert who had
been sent to the city by the depart
ment of rommerce to be present for
the opening. "Id to loqk aliead> flvc
years and adopt a comprehensive plan
tor that t int." Mr Talllaferro spoke
at the preliminaries which came be
ture the events sow the plane*.-
“You have unusually fine oppor
tunities here," said the Commerce De
pertinent expert. “Your field is large
and lies wall, but I see the day not
far away when you will hate from
12 to 20 planea arriving and depart
ing each few honra Instead of a d»sen
down to participate In formalities,
And they will be going about the usu
al boat ness of man. not lust celebrat
ing-
» But the 15.000 who perked 11.000
automobiles from • half mile about
tbe did not come out to hear a
speech, and ont of ronrtesy did they
cheer Mr. Taliaferro and listen t«
.Major Hill expreae a welcome. The
folks «eme to see some airplanes do
iheir stuff, and they were not disap
pointed. For before tbe day wae over
the thrill seeker* had had the thrill*
es the loop the loop done over end
over again, the spiral dive toward tne
earth, and had felt that rising of th«|
heart Into the throat as the trig Cnrtia
Hawks roaring and throbbing unde*,
tbe hand* Os their pilots loomed
about the field.
Major Brett of Langley Field show
ed the folks how It was done and tpen
nosed his ehlp t*w»rd the home base,
aiming to be at home In time :o get a
liath and get Into evening clothe* for
a party hie wife was staging He fig
ured he would be there In 45 minutes,
for that wee the time of a couple qf
navy planes In coming down.
After he had had hla shorn and gone
on. Lt. Davis took the attain an anny
plane the Curtis Hawk T-21 anp enter
lined the crowd enstenslvely.
Al Cain of Raleigh wanted to Jump
cut Os some plane while It was 2500
(Continued on page 5)
THE GOLDSBORO NEWS
READ IN THE MORNING WHILE MINDS ARB FRESH—READ BY BUYERS BEFORE THEY BUY, •
Gets Important Post
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Mug Mary Elizabeth Baker,
daughter of Got. Baker of
Missouri, is to be the bssistsnt
•ergant-at-arms during the
Republican National convea
tfa« st Kansas City.
JEALOUSY IS
CAUSE TRAGEDY
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High School Student Shoots
H- •
Sueetheart And Then Turn*
Gun On Self
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OMAHA. Neb., May Sl—<4*l—Alice
nratnerd 17 year old high achool stud
*pt was shot and killed while walk
ing home school here late today
by Walter • whV then turneo
ihe weapon on himself. He wai taken
to a hospital where~f»e died an hour
later. '
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School mates of the girl said they
believed Bchuart wee actuated by
Jealousy. Thpy said he apd Alice had
been quarrelling.
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Body of Minister
s Drifts For Miles
AVA DEW BORO, May 31— (**>—'Tbe
means by which the Rev. J. F. Nalls
pastor of the .Lllesville Methodist
church .who wee Wednesday gtveu up
fur- drowned was transported from
Bluett Falls, dam down the Pee Her
river »*>me 25 miles near Cheraw,
* C., remained * mystery tonight.
Me at Patrick t’i|s
morning end taken In chargu by hi*
family. **
Uncle Sam Trying to Make -
Sampson Blues Bigger Now
With the Sampson Hpcklehurrles
oegltinlng to ride toward the North
ern markets, fie United ’States De
partment of Agriculture ban sent a
man to Clinton to attempt to locn-o
plants capable of strll further* Im
provise the slxc and quality of tLe
J«mou< blue*.
The prices for the first shipments
are expected to reach as high ay < t :
V> crate, and tne next few day* will
see the berries fUlng forward In hulk
In order to aid the development of
s cultivated huckleberry In this «fn
tion the government, through the de
pertinent of agriculture. Is of rring
two dollars for Sampson plan'* psgr
mr harries 11 » ; xteenth* of inch
in dlamater.
B. C. Crabha. a representnt've of
•he nepartment 'e at the Rfn* King
I 'tel, Clinton and will pay for the
platite. Mr Crabbe Is equipped with
rmall metal measuring rings, with
which to determine the slxe of the her
f ts, 5a order to get ilte two dollar*.
GOLDSBORO. N. C. FRIDAY MORNING. JUNE 1. 1928
Col. Langston Issues Note Os
Thanks to Democrats of Wayne
With tomorrow, Saturday, June 2, the date of the primary,
in whiifh he will oppoae R. T. FounUin of Rocky Mount and
W. H S. Burgwyh of Woodland for Col.
John D. Langston yesterday issued the following note of thanks
to the people of Goldsboro and Wayne County;
TO THE DEMOCRATS OF WAYNE COUNTY:
. I would be ungrateful if I did notsexpres# to my neighbors
and fellow Democrats of Wayne County, my deep appreciation
of the wonderful way you have stood behind me in my race for
Lieutenant-Governor. It seems to me that everybody has been
willing to lend a helping hand. That haa always been Wayne’s
way. And I want you to know that if lam nominated (and I
expect to be), I shall be more zealous tHan ever before to pre
set ve the confidence you have shown in me, by your acta and
°words of encouragement.
* JOHN D- LANGSTON.
WAYNE COUNTY BAR HONORS
MEMORY OF JUDGE ROBINSON
At the asm* hour that memorial
services for the late Judxe W. If.
V
O B. Robinnon were underway In the
courthouse yesterday afternoon, the
greatest ’ collection of arm*. navy
and coitimerclal plane* ever assemb
led In thla pa-t of tbe country weke
through and contest*
such a* Goldahori( never aaw before.
Yet not even this attraction eurpate-
Ing a* It did in' Interest the appear
ance of Barnum and Bailey. Rlngllng
Brctbera and John Robinson rolled
i.i*i one, could prevent a Urge crowd
from gathering to pay tribute to thetr
devoted ft rend, the late Jurist
When Chairman H. B.'Parker of
the Wayn* Bar which scheduled the
meeting called the occaslog to order
nud offered Judge D H, Bland aa
prpatdlng officer, the court room was
comfortably fill*!, Opening preye
wee by Rev. Peter Mclntyre, of the
Presbyterian church, one Intimate
STATE STUDENT
KILLS HIMSELF
Sophomore of Charlotte. Believed
To Have Been Worrying
Over Examination
RALHKIH. May 1 31 (A*)—Phillip r
Burnhan,, of Charlotte, a State Col
lege sophomore whose body was found
bis room thla afternoon, committed
suicide by shooting himself through
the heayt. the coroner announced to
night following an Investigation. * t
The coroner salt! worry over failure
to pass an examination In physic*
and ability to make only grade D In
military tactics wa* tbe apparent
cause of the student's act,
KH KKD BY MIXK
MARgtiALU M»y 31—Kicked
several times by an angry mule, Geo
Dill. Madlena county farmer was near
death tonight tn e hoelptal her*.
the finder of the plant. which mint
hare two or
It. mi'M mark tin- plant, and tufvlsii
Mr. Crabbe of Its location. Neither
the plint nor the trull muat tie dis
turbed.
i" Mr Cralbbe. after finding plania
with the largo berries, takes a few
sprouts from the plants tor cultiva
tion and development. The following
bulletin has been issued by the depart
ment on the subject:
"The United States Department »t
Agriculture fishes to locate some of
the beat wild Big Blue nucnteoerry
bushes In North Carolina and wlTl pay
12.00 to anyope who will show Its rep
resentatlve ■ hush with two or more
berries that wUt not pass through the
11 1-6 Inch hore In the irTtal gage fur
rlshed by the Department^
“When a picker finds a bush with
berries that will not go through tKY*
hols he should not' pick the berrtea,
hut should get In touch at once with
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with the good man whose memory
was to be honored. ,
Mr. Parker presented Judge F. A.
Mantels as the speaker of the evening.
And quite truly did Judge Daniel*
paint hie late lamented colleague, ao
’ruly that iba spirit of tba one honor
ed seemed to hover about Judge Dan
tele In hi* paper—which we hop* to
print full In The News at a later date
—caught fully those delightful and
distinguishing characterlntlcs which
made Judge Roblneon the man he
wag. He re-created the late Jurtat
* u«J Illustrated the points made with
apt illustrations- drawn from the IWe
of Judge Robinson. v »;
Judge Daniels said in part;
It never occurrbd to him to aug
p.tul hla earnings st the sscriflcs of
his conscience Or hi* erase of propn-
him wealth acquired by the
oppression or Jbe poor, extortion hp
>Continued on Peg* Eight)
FREMONT WILL
, END ITS FINALS
t
Dr. Ajidtnon of SUte College
Will Deliver Annual Literary
Address Today
(Special To The News)
FREMONT, May 31—-With clast
day exercises held this, evening and
graduation exercise* to be held to
morrow, rriday morning at u o'clock
the annual commencement at Fre
mont high w hom will be history.
To night's program look the form
of a play written by Margaret Pitt
man and Flora Crew* Beat aod fitted
It May Be’’ In which members of the
graduating class took parts the prop,
lieu imagined them fitted to'lfll in
life. It was an original idea and waa
well received by the audience. The
salutatory was delivered by Glenn
Aycock and Inlroduftlon by Fiance*
Hooka.
The commencement address Friday
morning will be delivered by Dr. W.
of Bute college, * who
will be Introduced by B. F. Aycock.
Twenty boys and glrla are complet
ing the high school course this year
They are;
Leonard Kooks. President
Ixnilae Hkycs—Vice President.
Martha Mumford— Secretary.
Vernon Aycock—Treasurer.
Olenn Aycock. flora Hooks, Ed-
William Flowers. Cbarraa Hooka. Ed
na Peacock. Margaret Pittman. Oraee
Winders. Hasal Yelverton. John Ay
cock. Hilda Davit, William Hayes,
•lames Jeffreys. John Peacock. Paul
ina Smith, (’turtle Worrell, Harold
Yelverton.
MJfKLL WOST TALK OF MOTIVE*
WABHINOTON, May H—</p)_Rep
lesentatlve Snell of New York, de
clined Thursday to disrttks with the
Senate Campaign Fund committee the
motives of the House yf Representa
tive* In adopting a resolution provid
ing s special committee, to Investigate
presidential and congressional ram
p tign V*pendii ores.
Sought hi Alaska
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HB
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VkIWJfMBB
Latest radiograms from tba
Irozen Arctic indioata thatper
tmpa General Usberte Ha
bile, commander of tfcs db%>
ifale Italia, may have landed
somewhere is Alaska after Mb'
flight 1 over the Pole. Relief ex
peditions already are under
way to search for the yell bad
Italian-
TO COORDINATE
•RESCUE EFFORTS
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Experts Meet in Rome end Dls
cuss Plans for Aiding
Italia
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ROME.* May 31-OP) tbe
difflcuUlca to be” faced In aeareblhg
tor General Nobile, hie rompinU* and
the mAlng dirigible tUW*. the Ital
lab government l» sotting about In a
i-yetematlc way to prepare tor tba
teak. Alt the eiemeata of time, place
and rlrcumstanooe, which Interrupted
the flight of lb# Italia, hive bran care
fully considered. There waa a con
vince of expert* from the navy and
to coordinate all eftorU to work for
rtlr departments and a representative
of the foreign office todav for the pur
pose of deciding on tba bast methods
the rescue. X
Warren Statement Declares
State Supports Sen. Simmons
RALEIGH. Mur Sl.—(/P) —North
Carolina Democrats. both men •’’d
woman are "supporting Senator Sim
mons” In hi* atilt ude logytrd th*
Smiili candidacy declared T. D. Wat*
ren. of New Bern, formerly chairman
of Ih« Democratic Blate Committee In
a statement Issued here today.
Mr. Warren who wan party chair-
In Nofth Carylina for 8 year's
said: *‘l have aeen in newspaper* dur
ing Ihe pant three day* repeat ed state
ment* by the Smith State nianay
ment making the ‘ woh-n't aort of
claim* with reference to the results of
lam Saturday's precinct meeting*.
While these claim- arc,made for the
purpose of propaganda and do not re
ally deaerve any attention I cannot
refrain from referring to the Smith
claim with reference to the third Con
gressional (I I stir t which Is my home
dlstlct. This Smith claim la unqual
ifiedly false. | want the people of
North Carolina to know the fact* with
reference to this u alter, The truth
9-Year-Old Boy Dies
When Hit By Auto On
Northern Edge of Gty
CROWD CHEERS
FIRST STUNTS
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Went Does Some Daredevil Worti
In stoat of News Office
Yenterdsy Morning
m ■■ i ii ■
Blurting ou the program of stunta
yesterday waa tbe performance of
tare-devil Billy >Weat, in frrat of The
Goldsboro News office al I*;M.
Thla performance went off on sc he
duled time to thd minute. Over two
thousand people at a consnvatlve ee*
* male crowded the streets, on porch
v* sod even on the roofs qf building*
In the vicinity to catch • glimpse of
tbe daredevil at his yrork.
An amusing Incident during hla
*i urns happened when a photograph
er waa taking picture* of the stunts
ncc’dently dropped hla plate holder
*nd broke several photo* which ha
>ad taken. Aq amusing howl went ip
from the nearby watchers who kidded
Billy about breaking the camera.
The feature* of the** stunt* were n
blindfolded to# hang from a speeding
Whippet car followed by the Invert*#
riding o n the front bumper.
fr i.
Thla stunt g»v* way to an Inverted
rid* on tbe top «f the car follows# by
a hang by ohe foot from the para
.ride, concluding tlw stums -Warn art
ed for ten men from the crowd to vol-
I’iteer to pull ou ouST rip* held by
him. tied to the end es another rope
was a Whippet auto, taking one end
of the ropes In each hand Billy Want
allowed the ten men on one eld* ami
the auto on the other to put) with
tholr inmost power In nttgmpt to
break hla bold oh the rapes. Neither
iha car nor ttie men hewever made
him give up and be completed bis Pro
gram without mishap.
CHARGE SEVEN
WITH ROBBERY
Conn‘.ry Club Held Up and Robb*
ed Os 8100.000 Following
O u
Race
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IN DIANA POUR. Ind., May 31-(Fl
Seven men, captured bear Imban *
la#.,- today after an automobile chaae
who are being held for questioning
*n connection with the bold up »f a
i “unify club here last night were
placed under 55.000 bond each on or
der* of the chief of police.
is that every county in the third dis
trict went overwhelmingly for Judge
Hull and amaahly defeated the Smith
leaders and the Smith candidacy. The
greater number of countlee In the
third dtatrtct went solidly for Hul!
and against Smith, and county
of the district will Smith Have an
much as om*-third of the county con
vention strength. v
”1 have examined report* from the
whole state and have conferred with
men from every section who know
the situation In their respective sec
tions. I make the positive assertion
that there la not a doubt that the
Hull and Ar»tf-»ipith forces have car
ried every ( ongrt-aslonal District In N
with the possible exception of the
tenth
"The vote whereever the people were
given an opportnnlty to vote In pre
clnct meeting* last Saturday, shows
that the State is solidly supporting
Senator Simniohe. our great leader In
hie attitude with reference to the-,
Smllp candidacy.
MEMBER Os
THE ASSOCIATED
PRESS
HUCB FTVR emm 1
Rurdte Fktcl.tr Boaster HsrM
To Pirwwt «d Ml
Frmcttirod
CORONER’S JURY TO
investigate case
Hoy Lad Dariod Across Rig*-
way I* Play Art Bocaa*
Omni
' Pnrdle Fletcher Beatify, I jtear «M
io« of Mr. *ad Mrs. 4T. W. Butty,
•lit ftthtr ».aim <pmUw of IF
Wayat street,**! killed ikit 7
o'clock last evented wha* a track bp
ua aatomoMk drives by Ckartta ba
mood of 1M« cboataat at root Wtl
inlafioa. a retired Arp>y offtctr.
Tha accident occared A. fr«ot of tat
Sui ration Amy hall nehr tht eottan 0
.. >lll aa highway timber R adU
cf tht city.
■kWtnct gat ha rad by Tht Nt»«
waa that tht little Hay MO tana*
dcrtat tht tenet ta slay, atarteg
btek and aa ht m to Mr. Hhwaat
aounded bia kora. Tfcla eegtead to
vnnerva tht lad tad ht tarhtd wkta
partially scrota tht atraat sad aunt
lor tht other aids agate, fib heerre
car atraok kMa aad kb lias \tei>i<
pavement. Mia akali teat (Mo
t«rtd aad atvtrai Uatet tirahp
Tht drktr of tht aar. iinkib
i 'ektd tht ttetekta lad a* pitted
him la tht teachtet-dad rwahdd tea
tio*pitai, tht hop's «aMter a Mr.
Vaahoy aad g M» JEMLArtatog*-
lag. Tht Iteptdt howtrtr, had hWM
fatal aad wtdlial Isitaaa oowli «t
tor tht lad. la a ftw asaps
enta ht
Mr. Haaateoad wtt almoti pride*
rated by tht stcld—t lait sight tag
did til that ht omM to toatote the
btraarad partata. A Conner's Itten
gatloo of tha aceldtat. hawtrtr, waa
Mt to ht bald at lb e'eieck tbit mam- „
lad
Tht Bttalty family sored to Ooldo
bqro from iohatoa oouaty aad the
remain* of Bardie win ha tekoa to
Pariah Manorial charch tear Flat
fteytl thia aftaratoa whan faatral
aad Interaeat will tate place, tha
funeral to start at 4 o'clock. Mar. J.
H. ftrfssella’ potter of St. Jeha’e
charch, will he In charge of the bar*
rlca, aad wilt ho eaattod kp Mot. Mu
Roaa of tha Bsptiat charch.
bn imw stop MOP TO
tiXKb cm
MKMICAU. Lower California, Mar v
SO—(/h—Major Mobarta Pier** ehkf
of tha Maiicaa air fonts hepped off
ft is of a. m Wtdntoday ftaat a ary
aalt lake had U nllta soathodat of
ban on a not atop airptea* Bight to
Mexico CHy.
ALLBALLOONS
ARE NOW DOWN
r.dd Raff Pilot BngrtMscrt
Harroiiny Tin* laKWctrle •
Stem •
PITTBBURO, May All of
the 14 balloon# that took off ta tea
optional elimination race wan hollar*
e<l accounted for toaigbt by rate of
l'( tale following a report tint , tha
American Baainaao clah of Akrwa had
landed 40 mtlea east of Mlohteoad t»-
rfiy. Kafiler Captain 1. *W. K . Kat*
nar of the Amy Number t teade
known he had com* dewy, at Waeaaa,
Va.. whore the other IS bags ware
nattered Ip several porta of Boaib
western Pennsylvania, heataa down
by a wind and Electrical atom that
brought death to two hallooaiate aae
injured eevnral others * .
J. W. Mall, alia to Lawrence Pal
mer. pilot of the American Basfaeee
dub waa reported ta ban netifloa
bia mother at 'Akron that the bad
landed aafeiy aad hallaoa headsaar
»*re aaid official word waa egpecrtfcf
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