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VOLUME SEVEN;- NUMBER 87
MANY URGE COL LANGSTON ENTER 2ND PRIMARY
Not Yet Decided .As To
Whether Or Not He Will
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Seek A Second Contest
May Tall* Until Official Dndara*
Um at Vat# Befavc Bench
lag Dscfcrion
° EXPRESSES THANKS FOR
FINE SUPPORT RECEIVED
Plaeaa Party A bar# Saif la Can
aMarlag Matter as Sacand
Primary
Cal. John D.Langston o( Qoldaboro
who mi a close secoud (or LJeuieu
iat Governor In th» Democratic pri
mary lax Saturday aaid lest oicht
that ha bad not mada up hi* mind aa
to what her he would and a aacond pri
mary. u
Col. Langston gave out the follow
ing statement:
"I have received hundreds o( tela?,
grams and other messages (tom Dem
icratlc man And woman over North
Carellaa, urging and Insisting that I
enter the sec sod- Primary *Nr the
iJeutengnt Governorship. These men
aagee eapreaa the utmost confidence
'la my ultimata victory, if I sbuold g«
tprward.
“I am netqrkUy gratified by this
wldeapread Interest In my political
fortunes, and f desire my friends to
■ know that I (ael honored by and am
moat apprsplstiva of their support
and tbefr gtaereus Insistence that I
ga on to victory. I foel deeply my obll-
Kttlon to them, and I ask them and
the public at large to bear with me
while l gWe the quesllou preseated
that serious consideration which It
deserves.
The reeult of the first primary baa
not -yet been offlclaly declared and
1 fool I can rooaonably take tbs time
nntll the official resalt ts declared.
In which Woughtfully to consider also
the paramount question es all te me—
whether thf party I love, have
and gladly served all my life will be
better served by my continued candid
acy or otherwise. I believe with my
frlendp that I can win in a second
primary. «nd If that were the only
consideration, I would announce now
that I would run. I ask ipy friends
and the public to give me a few days
however to consl|Jfr other matters
, which are more Important than any
jiereonal ambition of mins.”
¥. D. SINGLETON
DIED YESTERDAY
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End Came in Richmond Hospital
Fcßowing An Illoesn of
Six Weeks
W. B. Singleton, well known (Ireen
leaf section man. died yesterday morn
e lag 'ln a ftlchmond hpapiul. where he
bed gone for treatment six weeks ago
htrs. Singleton had been with Iter hns
' band for the past several days, being
called to Richmond when a turn for
the worse came
■ The remains Will arrive In Colds
boro today, hut funeral "HI he delay
•d until Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock
.hat relatives many arrlvs from dla
tsnt points.
Mr. Singleton was Identified with
the ginning Interssts of the county
und owned eevsual ginneries In Way
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JHe was about 50 years of mgs and U
rvlved by hl» widow, tbroo child
•on three brothers and one stater.
The brothers srs_Albert. Berkley. De
veraux, and Hudson Singleton. Tbi
sister Is Mrs. Rtgsbeo. ,
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FORMER PRESIDENT OF
;■ |»BT FORCES RICCI’BBS
BALTIMORE. June <*>>—lllussi
which interrupted his duties at tbs
New York conference and Inter caus
ed his collapse while delivering si
address at the general conference ol
* the Methodist Episcopal Church nt
, Kansas City lari night brought xboui
the death of Right Rev. Luther Bar
ton Wilson, retired resident bishop o\
tbs New York area, at hia home here
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PREPARE FOR
FINAL STAGES
Southern Cram Fttaa to Bauch
For Naxt Taka-Off For
Australia .
VANCOUVER, Washington. Jana «
—(A*) —Capt. Freeborn of the Army
Bignal corps at Y* nconv * r Informed
the Associated Press tonight that ha
had worked with a radio -station at
Aukland Now Sealand add had boon
nform#d that the monoplane South
ern Cross had taken off nt Naeeial
Beach, Fija. "On echedule time.” -
The New Zealand radio operator
ftald that the Southern Cr®F Sopped
off at S p. n> New Zealand time. No
fetation there had yet picked up the
Southern Cross signals, the message
said.
FIJA, June 7—(d*)~ Thursday, the
iraus-oceaalc monoplane Southern
(’roes sad its eye* of four planned
o start for Brisbane, Australia, at 4
!>. m today which ie-l p. m. Wednea
duy oa the Pacific coda (l of {be Unit
ed States. Ths flight will be one of
1,752 miles , across the South Pacific
’t-esau In continuance sf the MM mile
air Journey from Oakland. Calif., to
Sydney, Australia. The plane left
Suva at 1):04 a. m. today (3:04 p.
m Wednesday Pacific coast time! for
the beach at Naselal, landing safely
36 minutes later.
The filers and their ptaae were giv
en a great send off by the largest
crowd ever assembled In Suva as
their plane rose from Albert Park for
the Short jump to Nasalal. As the
great machine took off beautifully
from lawn of the park, the mlxWte
of all races—Europeans, Americans,
*nd Polynesians—cheered wildly and
shouted go>pd wishes and farewells in
many languagss.
Bishop Guerry Still
In Serious Condition
CHARLESTON, S. C„ June 6—<ri>)
—While hla parlshoneers held special
prayer services for his recovery. Bis
hop W. A Ouerry continued hie Cat
tle for life today In ths Riverside
h >s pits I where be was carried Mon
day after being shot in the chest hv
the Rev. J. C. Herbert -Woodward of
Brunswick, Oa.
Physicians lats today reported that
the Bishop was still In a serious con
dition %ut that some "symptoms show
a slight improvement.” His previous
good health sod rugged constitution
will stand him In good stood now.
they said. Hts pulse today was 106.
temperature 101 and respiration 33.'
Services with special pre./ers for hi
recovery were held In St. Michael's
church. A similar service to which
the public was InWted was planned
fer «W>rrow In^lt/Paul's.
St Mary's School Ends .
Its First Session's Work
An education developing Intelloe
tusl faculties along with the moral
ride of character through rotigtous
principles was given as tbs aim of
the parochial school system In Ameri
ca by Bishop William J. Hhfey, #(
Raleigh, apeaklng last night In Mem
oriel Community Building tU the fln
lls of 8t Msry’a school: "The coun
try's need Is not so much brilliant
men,'*, he declared, “as good men
With this Ideal Catholics have taken
on themselves the added harden of
oponlng and maintaining ri their own
expense religious schools which hsy«
enrolled in the United Ststee over two
end s half million pupils.”
The youthful bishop stated that ths
performance of ths children on the
rihge bad impressed him with the
need of joy, laughter sod happiness
as an esaentlri of Ilf# snd the nocea
i-lty of striving for correct cnnnnctn
SURPRISE ATLANTIC HOP
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Uppcr (left to right) arc Amelia Bar hart, Bos
ton society girl, Wilmer Stulta, former pilot
for Mrs. Grayson, and Low Gordon, mechanic,
who ere winging their way to England Tig Tra
pses/ Bay, New Fotmdlaad. The trio bopped
off u» n surprise start tiom Boatpt i|J|l
Two American Girls Race In Effort
Be First Fly Across Atlantic Ocean
CURTISS FIELD. N. Y., "June «
(JP) —<A race bftween two women for
the honor of being the first of their
ttx to fly across ths Atlantic grow
warmer tonight as Miss-Mabel 8011,
"Queen of Diamonds”, sided her tow
man crew In preparing the monoplane
Columbia tor an Immediate oeeww
flight.
Charles A. Levine, owner of the
ship In which be snd Clarence Cham
berlin flew to Oermany last summer,
Intimated that the plane would take
eff 'sometime tomorrow morning*'
fer Old Orehard Mains and that the
actual start of the ocean hop wpuld
MARRY K. TNpW DBMIBU
'« ENTRANCE INTO BNfiI.ABD
SOUTIIAafPTON. Eng:. June •
OR—Harry Thaw arrived at South:
empton today aboard tke AqtiltanU
for a visit to England, was refused
permission to land by the (ramlgra
lion A>fflclal|. .
Thaw had obtained a British visa
before sailing but nevertheless was
rot allowed to land *
turn of English as s means of sffectlvs
communication and ths sign of cul
ture and refinement.
“America” be continued, "Is a l*nd
of fads, many of which are quite harm
less and of short duration, but °ne
fad tq be denounced aa a most dang
erous tendency Is the bclitUisg, cur
rent In so many directions of the her
css and the founders of the nation.
As blshhp of this diocese. I promise
the public that In the parochial school
if North Carolina nothing but love
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tod reverence for the grest men of
the past history shall bfe Instilled Into 1
the hearts of our children ”
Addressing the pupils Bishop Hsfey ,
reminded them that vacation would
be to them a testing lime for the mor,
al training that had beets Imparted
during the achool year. "You ara In
have a happy joyous time, but you
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GOLDSBORO, N. C. THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 7, t»2B
be made from there "later in the
weak." v
Meantime. Miss Amelia Esrlisrt, ri
val for the Isarels Miss 801 l seeks
was marking time at Trgpassy, N. F.,
wheN her tri-mopred plane wife
patting favorable conditiona for a
start oa a night to Enfland.
Oliver Le Boutllllerf Miss Boll’s
thief pilot snd Arthur Aglee, co-pilot
were inspecting the way hers at
Intervals during the day! They were
net sure tonight that the CofutatA
could take off here safely witk a full
load, and intimated that fuel for the
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TORNADOES ADD
TO SUFFERING
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Darts of Southern States Ravag
ed by Storm, Floods and
* Tornadoes
MONTGOMI&fV, Ala.. June 6—<ri*»
- With the most acuta situation ( in-
Crenshaw county! Ala., where a hur«
r'lane has made more than 100 per
sona homeless, four Southern states
tonight were checking damages from
torrential rains, floods ank storms.
Condition attributed to the weather
l-sve caused six death and many per
sons have been Injure*) The affected
zone extended from Middle Georgia
Alabama snd Mississippi Inte
lAmtelana. streams In the last three
states were on rampage, threatening
to wreck conaldernhie more dan:agt.
Many (adipic* have been driven
from their homes in the lowlands
vhile property snd crop damage from
the combination - “o? rain floods snd
winds un officially bos been estimat
ed in the hundreds of thousands of
do'lsrs, Alabama us'.t'tasl gusrdstn-n
were in t barge of the relief wofk la
Crenshaw courtty where the hurri
cane last right, thg woreat In tbs
h'story of that section destroyed mori
then 30 dwellings, killed 1M bead of
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'.lvestiH-k and injured scores of per*
tri-tnotorad Fpkksr (lower \til\ which for
merly belonged to Ceaakia«dcr Richard Byrd.
Tbs pleas is pictured taking the sir is Boston
harbor. Miss Esrhsrt is s striking blonds, sad
Recording to obemvegL <*»«ly resembles
long oceah hop would be takas aboard
it Old Orchard. jej ftl?
The full weight of the ship, loaded,
with 467 gallons of gasoline carrying
the passengers would be the heaviest
ever lifted by s single motor of tbs
horse power nt that la the Columbia.
Mias 801 l was at Levine's slit as
he snd ths two pilots worked to get
the ship Into condition. •'.... .
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Trespass?, N. F. —Disturbed westk
er conditions In mld*dc*sa today oom
lined with ustavorafle winds here to
hold the tr»na-Atlantic ship to Tree
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HELD FOR MURDER
RALEIGH. June UP)— Haywood
Knight, Wake county, today was ksld
Is jail here in connection with ths
death of a Mrs. Harrison, yictim at a
automobile crash three weeks ago Is
Granville county. Knight, convicted in
Wake superior court tkis week for
operating an automobile without prop
er lights, and Daniel Holloway, hla al
leged companion, were ordered held,
upon receipt of word from Sheriff
J£. D. Hunt of Qranvllle county/ *
Senator Simmons Says Tide
Now Turning Against,Smith
Z«b Vance Turlington, Madffbr la'
North Carolina for Judge Hall's prest J
dentin] candidacy arid yesterday ta R
vtatemant received here:*
"I had a long -distance telephone
conversation with Senator Simmons
<n Washington this morning, snd 1 am
glad to state that the Senator says
hh and hts associates have every rea
son to believe that the Smith move
ment Is now substantially receding.
“Western delegates who were pick
ed off (or Smith early lq the cam
paign by Tammany organisation math
ods, before the people became srous
<d to the Smith menace, are now hear
Ipg from the people snd some of them
sre leaving the New Yorker with
many others becoming restive and
uncomfortable under pressure from
popular opinion. Senator Simmons
and his associates believe that this
Murder Charge Against
Negroes Scheduled To
Be Called This Morning
Strange Malady la
Cause Three Deaths
A strange malady, which Joha
sto.t lorfrty physicians are report
ed to have booh suable to diagnose
on T uesday eaaaed ths third death
In three days l< a Pine Level fam
ily, according lV reports reaching
hers yesterday. On last Thuriday
U M Wtggs, was taken 111. Phy
alciaua at ths Johnston county bus
pltal, Hmlihfleld. wore uname to
diagnose tbs: strongs case, aatur-
IMr. Wtggs died. On Tuesday two
children of Mr Wlggs, aged I ana
S respectively, died of the same
h'uneral services wars held for
Mr. Wlgga Buaday. and for the
children Tuesday aflePftoon.
Surviving the three docoaood are
the wife sqd mother and her week
‘ old Infant.
MYSTERY ABOUT
NEGRO’S DEATH
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Ttrlr Craw of Norfaik Saatkara
Trala gay Body as Mm Ob
Tracks Wag CaM
Mystery surroaade the *satb of aa
i.uldentified negro, who Was Maaf
oa the tracks sf Urn Nocfolk aeotbsm
•bout two mites west of . Deem Tig
day algkt.
Tbs trata avow of the eaat begad
train, comprising several Ctoidaboro
man. callsd Kinston polios asking
that tbay sand s man down to Invest!-
gate. The reporta are that Um trail
waa stopped in record time whan ths
engineer agw a body on tbs track
However, the trala passed evar tbs
, body, dragging the negro tor a little
distance. “■ f: r . %
Kinston officer* who lnvaat£gated
stated that tbs astro was aakoow*
to thsm. bat that Um msnglsi condi
tion of ths body prevented coaiplet*
leeogulUea, h*d~tbe man been ancam.
The train craw stated that whan tbay
reached the body, perhaps a minute
after the cars wars brought to a
standstill A# body was cold. This led
the crew to phone In to .hast' aa' I»-
vestigailon seeds. . •»
Two Jars,( sod a pocket baits
were found near the dead mss. The
coroner of Jo nee county bod net ap
peared to Inveetigate at the ttase the
Kinston officers were M the scans,
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BBIIKJB PBOJRt'T APPBOYBD
WABHINfPfbW, {ana s—OF)—The
application made by the Currituck
and Dare Bridge Corporation for ap
proval of plans for a bridge'over Oar
ritock sound, one mile north of Point
Harbor, N. C. waa approved by the
war department today.
movement sway from fthlth will con
tinue gad spread furthar and furtbar
as it becomes more and YSore mani
fest; _
First, That there Is a solid
»bl* wa|| of Southern snd Western
delegates , numbering already as
stated by Senator Reed two days ago.
about 460 votes snd that therefore
Smith cannot be nominated, sad 1
Second. That even If nominated
Smith wpuld practically destroy the
Democratic party as s iis\>nsl paty.
sad would disastrously defeated In
the general election.
Third, That Tammany has set oat
to raptors oar Party to make It a
national Instrumentality for Tsm
m*uy and all that Bmttt sad Tam
mAny stand for. _ J ' „
"The Senator says that the revolt
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GODWIN CASE AGAIN * •
GETB ON SrDE TRACK
DuriWy S&^TV>
Wsy ne C'ounty Rupartor ooari wffl
probably complete this mdnU«| Um
i. Smith sod Georgs Dwhota, ygaag
white nma gtperlag oat as Um atMk a#
> tant at Whttmaa's stars, Uadlff. tag
i nUr apes ths ssm siHftng pirfa
against James m3T Aasalla -WMU. aw
xroes, la Um death as Vsrm«U ‘ffblta..
* m' aagmaa .
The state charges that the JMgraea
practleally starved thf gtrl to fMft
md that lbs death war aaataßplat ta
OrtatasUy the chargee , ggatagt
Henry Godwin s taps MU hag apt
Jones- wars as# taday,
but the east agatast the wirwa waa
switched, ahead of ft last WIMR Um
Wooten Hobbs, p*Wf T.iatlWfa
man Miiipe Kaoil jUo tke AmUHM
», sssewows news as wa a#ee *ke •. YgM
Marvin Strickland. Qnllibafn fraeal
mntlmiiUnt y *
arraigned for trial yaetnf!bL%a Bit
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iflmil (<>llowiaC BrVwgV pOr tM RSPE
r om the room
Insanity waa tbs dateas# MtUMM
tor Smith, aa the tmea watt tavwabi
yeeterday. The Stats hat P-rUoaffr
rnanlafwl tip arm fkfaiap mSSmw*
wapw . gHmpEßpmHmHß^mHpmnm
neya said tbay might pat Imllp oa tßa
stead la Ms oWa behalf.
Jaasas lUM. Freak BMC sat Bddie
DanMs ta a civil sstlsa Mwapbt ta
a compromise uttltm—l. rafstvid
iudgmeat tor sgalaat ths AlM*-
tlc Coast Hoe railway tar lajartaa
»ustained ta aa dado train aaWselea.
the sum repreaontlag hewevar. oaTy
-x peases tacureed aa a reeMt as the
oocMeaL
If. O Kelly waa toaad pat pallty
of falaa proteose
James Milton, alias James Middle
tea submitted ta a'ahfrie it Papery
snd was eeataaoetf U eight meathe «
ch the roads.
Mettle Freeman Leverr waa gmri
ed a divorce from Wllay H. Lawery
on the grounds of nyyaHon, )
mraiNG iroirna Min '
PARIS, June 4— (Jig—me Faria
Herald today said Oeoeref jepa J,
Pershing had reeelved # a eaddeß call
to pstnrfi borne sad sailed aaegpsitad
If oa the LeriaaUma yesterday, legs
inr, Paris for Cherboarg ta ta etst*-
mobtle after the beat trala had degart
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ma, clerk fore breweea Baa M IW
toes woa the 116.00# pood* (Opgrai
imstsly M 26 .000) prhe as the MBr
of F» I stead's ticket la the etoah flO
ebange sweepstakes oa today's dm bp,