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VOLUME SEVEN; NUMBER l H
GEO. W. WILLIAMS RESIGNS FROM COUNTY BOARD
Why Question Democracy
Qf Men Who Have Given
Their Lives To The Party
Tbia la Qaary Aakad by Col
, Langston la StaUawot la
gged Y«rterday
“SAVE HARPOONS FOR
ENEMY**, IS ADVICE;
Daalok and Stmaioao and Otb
ara WUI Ba Found Working |
For Party In October
a " 'F~ ' "*’* »
A«ains leading Democrat# or any
Democrat M they or he Inlands to
support the party ticket seem* Ilk#
intuit. d#cla r #a Col. John D. Laug*-
ton In a attument itauad laat nl|*t
The ttalemejM taadai
think It D about time tor a halt
|« be c*ll#d upon enquiries I*, lead
ing Democrat# ot the State at to
whether they are solns to aupport the
Democratic ticket We hare had i>rt
fha'lea before In thla elate, and con.
rcntlon tight# galore, all vlgorobq
contact* agalAat and on behalt of c«a
didatea * • *
"Witness the Blmmone-Carr; Hln>-
mooa-Kltchln; Crate-Kltchln; Met
fleon Oardner; MrLaan.Balley con
teak W*a It deemed necetaairy to
ralae doubts aa to the Democracy of
leading Democrat* after thoae party
tight*? What la there aboth the re
cent ronteata that ahould glee an
much concern aa to\be Democracy ot
the#* who War* apent their lire* fight
log for the party? Why rale* doubta
that ahould not aitot, if party record#
are worth anything.
Who la It whoee 9 Democracy la ao
highly bntahUehed and fully proved,
that haa the right to praoent a quea
t'onnaira. Simmon# or Daniel* or
Morrison ~'v>r He Loan or hundred#
°f other# who hare been fighting the
party's ha it fra tor a quarter of a
century, whether they will now re
main trua or bolt To me It aounda
I'ke unneceaaary ‘inanlt and to not
helpful to harmony. It la patter to
aare the harpoon* for the enemy, and
not waate too m*ny on Imaginary de
tertera While aome people who are
new talking pot ahou at Simmon*?
twiddle their thumba In October. Sim
raona and Daniels and othor suspect*
will be electing tb* Democratic tick
et.
DOCTOR HELD
FOR ABORTION
Dr. Mike Robinson Out Under
S4OOO Bond for Alleged Ille
gal Operation
RALEIQH, July S.—Charged with
contributing to the death of Mlaa
Loutae Hoblnaon, forn.er school teqeb
•r of this city, by committing an ab
borttob qn her. Dr. Mike Robertson,
of Durham, waa arrested Monday la
‘that city on a warrant aworn out by
Coroner Lawrence M. Waring, of
Waka county, aa the latent develop
menl la the death on June 19 of the
young teacher, It waa announced by
the coroner.
Dr. Robertson wa* arretted"'iftar
Solicitor L. 8. Brasafleld and Coroner
Waring want to Durham Monday and
caoferred with Solicitor Umatead. of
that district. Tha warrant was iasu
*d by the clerk ot the Recorder's
Court of Durham aud Dr. Robertson
wap ralaaaad under $4,000 bond. A
hearing la sat for Tuesday. July 10.
In tha Rbcordefh Court.
On hia return from Durham, .Cor
oner Waring elated that a warrant
had been issued against Mrs. K. K.
Forsythe, of tig South Person street,
charging her with aiding and abet
ting In abortion. /
Developments in tbe case followed
a busy week end Tor Coroner Waring
whoee movement* included a motor
.trip to Tarboro for au Interview witn
M. H Davie, assistant State JCntomo
logist. who haa been Implicated In
the case. Da via now Is under $2600
bond pending a bearing Friday be
fore Lloyd Bliley.
Coroner Waring Monday did not
disclose detailed information be haa
■gained sine# working on tka case,
(OoaUnued Ah rag# Four)
THE GOLDSBORO NEWS
WRAP IN THE MORNING WHILE MINDS ABB FRESH-BEAD BY, BUYERS BEFORE THEY BUY.
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FREMONT FIREMEN GO
TO AID OF PIKEVJLUE
A tour minuter run of tha Fre.
mont flrw department tb Plkevlllti
laat evening probably saved the
latter town a serious firs. A
Cadillac automobile caught fire in
Collier's garage Pikeville and the
spreading riames threatened to
n deatroy the garage. The adjoining
r business block, must have cer
tainly been destroyed also. An
808 call to Fremont brought the
tbemteal "equipment of tbe lattar
town In four minutes from leaving
Fremont's engine,, hall. "We cer
tainly appreciate what they did
for us," Addison Hoses told Tbe
News over the telephone last eve
ning "Things looked mighty bad
for a minute or. two, Fremont aura
ly trawled aa white." Mr. Hose#
1 told Tbe New* that the actual darn
age'i done was Insignificant The
call to Fremont Waa plo»«T'bjr E
>. Vail of Pikeville and the Fre
mont fighters were on the scene in
eight mluute* after he made the
ceil. About v twenty-five Fremont
people rushed to Pikeville along
with their.fire equipment.
BADLY WOUNDS
FATHER IN LAW
3 '-mumwmmu tap** ’•;>«**“» f
Jap Langston Shoots B. J. Gar
ris Through Groin After \
Dispute
Jap Langston, operator of o much
trequohted filling station Just over
the Lenoir county line near La-
Graage, shot and sertonMy wounded
bis father-In-law. B >J GarDa. about
3 o’clock Sunday afternoon, accord
ing to information supplied Tbe News
yesterday
Reports from Kinston were that
Garris asked Langston to sell him a
pint of liquor, that tb* latter refus
ed. saying he waa still due twenty
live cent# on'a pint purchased pre
viouely Words followed,The News
waa Informed, Garris was described
as having left the place but a* hurl
ing an empty soda-water crate back
Into the building. There was a fur
ther exchange of epithet*. Langston
advanced from hla place qf business
He waa met by the term ”8 h"
as he left the door, and pursued Gar.
rla around tbe station. The latter
i vldently made a sudden turn to f*c.t
tils pursuer, aa Langston fired. Tbe
News wa* informed. The ball‘from
Ih* pistol pierced Garris about the
loins and went tlfrough tbe body.
Stopping just under the akin on Die
opposite side. *
Until yesterday afternoon Grinds
h»d not been removed to a hospital
lor treatment, nor h*d Langston been
placed under arrest. The New* waa
Informed, fmngston was continuing
*t his business aVJhe filling station.
Tests Disprove Reports Os
Typhus Fever In Sampson Co?
Fears of an epidemic of the deadly
tiphus fever In eastern North Caro
Itna wers completely allayed yester
day when word receled from Samp
son county said that Dr. John R Kerr
of Sampson, county health officer,
had been proved not to have the die
eaae Dr. Kerr, who U a brother of
Dr. A. H. Kerr of Goldsboro, and two
o'bera h*d been reported as suffering
from the disease which In time* past
l.as ravaged Kurope, leaving thou
send* dead behind It.
Blood teats completed yesterday
rhowsd, however, that Dr Kerr wa*
not suffering from typhus.
Prior to the receipt of the bloog
test*, ‘however. Dr. O H. Laugblny
houte. state health officer, , and Dr
A. H Taylor, also of the health d«-
I artment of the State, had agreed that
a diagnosis, first reached by Dr Kerr,
that tha malady -was tha deadly ty
QTY COURT HAS
HEAVY DOCKET,
A Total of Sixteen Casco Dto
posted of At-Regular Monday •#
Sesaion Yesterday
To the city hall they Docked yester
day morning, both white end colored,
to auswer various 4nd sundry charges
against them before his boAor, tha
Mayur, at the regular Monday mo>u
lug aasalon of city court It was one
of the heaviest dockets that has ap
peared la several weeks, a total of
slstaan oases being disposed of.
The folowlng cases were tried.
Mary BuJlock, colored, -hirijed
charged with being drunk, was aa
acased with a fine o fflva dolara and
tbe costs
H. L. Lea. white, paid a fin > of
ten dollars and the coals on a • hsrge
of a asult, tbe aasault having • -oar
red some time ago.
T W. Merritt, white, chargei e"t»,
receiving and having whiskey In his
possession for tha puapoae of sale,
gras bound over to the county rn:rt-
Uato Ricks, colrtred. we* bound
over to tbe county court on a charge
of carrying a concealed wetpon
Note Hardy, oolorgd, pall lw*d«l
lars and tbe costa in bis case on a
ebarga of speeding an autumcblle.
Dr Daa Powell .White, pud the
coat# on a charge of vtrVuig tb--
xasiltary laws
Rajrmus Ci/ell. white, va* bound
over to the county court uu a charge
•i: assault.
John McKeunon colored was ebarg
*»• with disorderly co.i'j". but Ills
case waa dismissed.
Matthew l4>e. colore,d pad. tljv
(oats on a charge of reckless (trivia*.
•' • 'i , , I * ' *•'
, Ben Campen, Jr., was fined fire
dollars and the coat* In his coe on
a charge of speeding an automohtte
Louts Thompoon. white, chained
with being drunk waa let off with
the payment of the cost* In h» case.
Ben Alberson, colored, wa# fined
five dollars and the costa in his case
or a charge of assaulting hi* wit*.
Quinn Hlrkn, colqred, paid tead<!-
lars and 'tbe coeKk In "hla case on a
charge of assaulting* hla wife
Albert* Lovett, white, pail the
costa In her case, on a charge of
turning la a false fire altrm
Jasper Barnes, colored. liar ted
with rape, whose case hud be .n
‘•'hanging fire' 1 for about two Week#
until tha woman he waa slf.rgcd to
ha?a aaaantled had recovered a-tflr.
hntly ot appear tn court agalnat him
was yesterday ordered hound over to
Ihe nett term of. Sfffcertor court,
without bond
Two Naval Aviators
Killed in Accident
NEW PORT. R 1 . July 2—(Afi
Two naval officers lost their lives to
day when a naval seaplane during a
etiriea of loops, plnnged 100 feet Into
the harbor. The man were Id, Com--
Thslbert Nelson, of the United State*
Shjp Wright, the pilot, and IA. Com
mnder William Butler, Jn .
l-hu* was correct. 'Dr. Lsaghlnghouae
and Dr Taylor made visits to Samp
son to InvesGgate the esses and to
plan ways of combatting Ih* spread
bf lhe disease In . the event It was
proved that It waa typhus.
Receipt Os the negative blood teats
yesterday completely allayed fear of
/ *n epidemic of typhna. Dq Taylor
of the health department again vHltv
ed Sampson yesterday to Confer with
Dr Kerr as to the disease He It
was who bore reports of the nega
t|ye blood testa.
It la now believed that Dr. Kerr
and the other two Sampson cases *r*
Infected with dengue fever, some,
time* referred to as bone-break|ng
lever, because of (he intense aching
which accompanies It A skin erpp
tlcu resembling measles also accom
panist dangua fever.
GOLDSBORO. N. C. TUESDAY MORNING. JULY 3. 11*28
j Happy Warrior’s Running Male
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The Democrail national convention didn’t waate any more
time-in selecting t nominee for the vice-preeidency than it did
- in chooeing e« candidate for president. It voted overwhelm
ingly on the fiijat ballot in favor of Senator Joseph T. Robinson,
of Arkansas, shown in the. picture with Mrs. Robinson. The
nominee i» considered one of the strongest leaders in the Dem
ocratic party. - * * '
Wave Os Chicagoitis Sweeps
Negro Sections Os City Sun.
A severe wave of Ghlcagultla grip
ped GuldHlM.ro negro ercliou* yester
day aud wilhtn four bourn two affray*
fad resulted In the death of one ue
gru and the serious wounding of a
tier ress.
Henry IVttawsy. belter. kn»wn’ to
hi* friends and court circles ■»
"Snapper", had been one of the par
ticipants in u skin game staged In
the Seven Sisters section. Snuvper
won about 12 dollars from laoinle
•Wheeler, alls* String Dean, a negro
who blew Into Goldsboro a few days
■go. I/onnle inalMled that lie jis'lnt
been playing for keeps, officers were
told, and begged Snapper to give him
tils money back.
Snapper, whose last appearance Jn
court wa* less than week* ago.
flatly refuted to part with hla gains
String Bean, making a sudden and
Traffic-swoop, gathered a tjeavy piece
of Wood He crashed It Into Snap
per’s right forehead, liifilcthig a
compound fracture that produced
death. The scene, waa enacted at
«r , 1
George »nd Holly street*
Dropping his lethal Weapon. String
Heart rushed headlong through the
early morning sunshine, while young
ENGLAND WILL
AID IN RESCUE
> «
No ronlirotation of Reports Os
Finding of body of Roald
Amundwn
o a n
LONDON, July 3 (Afi—For ■ brief
«pa?'e of lime today an Mcumflrmed
Report was current that the Isidy of
('apt. Roald Amundsen had been
found In (lie sea off Norway. This
(■me In the form of u message to the
Exchange Telegraph Co., purported to
h* Don Oslo, hut definite Inquiries
at Oslo J, nled the report. Thu* the
late of the noted Arctic explorer who
went to aid In the search for general
Umberto Nobile and Ills companions
remains a mystery.
Meanwhile Great Britain has taken
a hand In tha rescue work Two large
seaplanes, the.aU ministry announced
are being made ready and will shortly
Join other .searching expeditions In
tb* uorth.
NO NEWS ON 4TH
In ketptnK with a policy
of several year’s standing
The Goldsboro News will not
be issued, tomorrow, July 4.
»
negroes who bed witnessed sudden
death descend among them, stood in
terror
Coroner T R Rohtusou empanelled
a Jury over Ihe body Sunday after
noon and tha verdict was that Snap
per came to his death from a blunt
luatrument In the handa of Wheeler.
The latter had not been taken laat
evening. * ,
The. killing of Snapper occured
about 5:30 Sunday morning. Abont
o:3u, In the Little Washington sec
tion of the city. Hosanna Whitley and
Ethel Tyson began to qaurrel about
a man. officers said. They were at
the h«me »f Will Smith, negro. Th#
•Whitley w»man (Jailed suddenly from
the room, swooped to an adjoining
racks, rummaged In a bureau drawar
and reappeared with a pistol.
*>KFe pointed the weapon at the Ty
-on woman and fired four times. The
shota look effect In tit* stomach of
tfie woman and she crashed to the
Boor, groaning. The wounded wo
man gas taken |o the Goldsboro Hos
pital for treatment and the wietder
o| the pistol was ronflnsd In Wsyo*
county Jail to await th* outcomt of
the Injuries. "
CITY TO SPEND
4TH QUIETLY
Trips to llrarheM. Crescent Lake
r and Other Kenort* are Be
ini; Planned
The Fourth of July tomorrow will
l |>U“H quiet!)' enough In O«ld*boro
No ofllolal celebrat lou or observ
ance of the IB2nd anniversary of the
i (*‘rnlne of the l*eclar»tlon qf Inde
pendence ha/ beaa ,»pl "ined ijor the
i clt*
| ‘ Koltowiujc it* 'jstt*! polley and the
;>< I Icy of a number of the paper* of
| the State. The News will not be Is
sued pn the morning of the Fourt
tomorrow.
While there will be no ofAciat eh.
rervance here, folk* will take
I the Fourth as suits their taste.
I A good m*ny housewives will de
t vote enlarge par! of today In getting
te»dy fried chicken, stickles, haip
andwiche* and other derKlous'lSTtoleM'
j for trips to the beaches' Wrlgbts
v.lle and Atlantic—or for a day at
Crescent l-ake.
The Old man., however. Insists- that
te Is going to spend at least hslf of
the Fourth In getting the meriting
nap he has beeu trying to get for
, fifty years.
(Continued on Page Four)
JOHN HINSON
IS FINED SSO
Seven Springs Man and Broth
er are Found Guilty of Hi*
Hinting an Officer
John HI noon, of Seven Sprlnii. tu
\\ »y»t' County Recorder* Court y*a
-11-rd»y convicted u( restating an
officer aud fined S6O »nd coat*. Fres.
It.u Hlu»on. • brother us Jotin llln
lo«, wan jonvlrted “f assaulting an
officer and fin*d fid and coata.
John 111 u non. evidence tntrodocad
at the trial, ahowad wan boisterous
In a Haven Hprlngt barbar abop
(>«-puty Hherll Damon Button aekad
b'm la be qulat. Hinson waulejl to
know II Button wasn't a deputy
sheriff When the latter replied In
the affirmative. It wait brought out.
H naon In titled that there weren't
bnough d—deputtee In Wayne" to
lock hit up.
. Aa Button struggled with the man.
It waa aaid. Preston Hinton cam a up
and struck the deputy In the eye.
John lllnnoii la alao under bond of
|2<M) for bla appearance In Superior
Court to answer to a charge of *•*
aaulttng Kuatace Potter, haring bean
hound over following a heating be.
tyre Enquire W O Britt At the
bearing, the court wee told thnt Hin
son bad atopped Potter, fiourtahed a
piitol and aald “If 1 knew yon ware
the man who reported my attll I
would a boot you dead”
Pour defendant* weft before hta
boner for ' driving drunk; George
Baas. Who got S6O and the roata and a
suspended aenteuce of to daya; J.
W. Xiraen who will pay the ooata, |M
and hut not drive for the not M
duya on panaHy of dolag H daya In
Jim IfhUa TyyVr Wawaa Stroud
for driving drunk gad aaaault will
pay S6O and coata and have $ tuapend
ad aentence of M daya on the reada
hanging over them. „
Other rate* Robert Wlmbuab, M
daya for aaaault; Arthur Wllltama,
aaaault, roata; Art la, cefrylag
concealed weapon, tK» daya with par
miaalon to hlr#*'olfr'to pay coata; pla
id conflarated.
Johnple liruapt, larceny and re.
reiving, 4 month* on roada suspend
<d and costs Ollbert Flemming non
support. |6 a week for wife and .1
month* on road If the payment* are
not piade James Pop*, larceny, M
daya. Peter Ruah carrying coa&aled
weapon, 1641 and coata and platol con
fiscated Remus Baaell and Elbert
Howell, aaaault Ml and »n* half coata
frr Kuril and sls and on* bhlf roet*
for Howell. 0. W. Merritt, having
whiskey for aala, 160 and coats and
four monte suspended sentence. Car
Howell, having whiskey for aala, M
days Jlmme Boyt, asaanlt, not guilty.
NEGRO LYNCHED
IN MISSISSIPPI
1 Vi i ■■■■ .
Alleged Attacker of Young Gtrl
\ Token From Officer* And
Bulged
c.
i (SUMMIT, Mis*., July I -(AV-A
Negro known only In the mmn.uplty
as Bhug MrKllee, accused of altempt
ing’an aalault on n young white girl
here a week ago, waa Uken from
county officer* by a mob today and
'hanged to a tree bordering the high
way The body was' found by offic
er* who purauad fit* mob afttr gath
ering reinforcement*
The officer* tearing the Insecure
Jail her* would be attacked and the
Negro taken, had juat started with
him for Magnolia when th* mob ap
peared held th* offlcera at bay, and
plaited a rope around th* Negro**
neck.
The Negro had been sought In th*
V-ommunlty s(m« hia alleged crime
(tu reported, Ha dr a* arrested near
|here laat night
Polish Fliers Ready
To Fly to America
' I.KHOURGKT. Prance, July J— (Jf)
--The Polish plane, newly christened
March Ptlaudakt, which will be piloted
bv the Pollab aviators Cept Idiigo
wrsky and Capt Kapulg. la ready for
the big hop aero** th* Atlautlc oc
ean to America. 1t awaits only a fav
orable wind, and will probably fake
off at 6 o'clock Wednesday morning.
MEMBER 01 4 4
THE ASSOCIATED
PRESS
PRICK FIVR CENTS
J.H. DENNING '*)
SUCCEEDS HIM
■O -ia- ai ~ -a* *
Mt. Olive Member Tewfiera |U*
signal ion Fnlinwi>g Meeting
of Commiilgiigrg' ,
Ueorg* W. William* of Mt. 011*
yesterday tendered Ms realgaaMaa m
a member of the Ways* county heard
of commiasloaam aM laat
Clark *f Court J. B. Hooka, la jpu. 1
cordanc* wltb public Mel of ttof ata|*
appointed J. Herman Dana lag tkj
Grantham township fa (Hi pat Ue wji
■j» pi red term
Tb* realgnatloa at Hr William*
waa a brM ante to tags adleot *WT
mediately" aad waa left W*b lb* tHV*p
o* court foiiawtag tb* r*gasm fttfjt
Monday seaaiou of WbTbf eMapiyk
era yesterday *
Tb* board met at 11 o'oteeb aad
w*r* tu saeetoa uaUl i, gat adlouraed’
to m*«t agata oa Friday tu go lato tb#
matter of p**t*ctiag * «euaty badM*-
for tbi* year, *
The r**tgb*tipa of ' Hr- WUltamg.
who wa* jt*f*at*d t«r rw-noatfattatf
at th* r*c*at Dem»ceall* primary, la
tb* ftret r**lgnation from tba lutrf
in tba fenrtaaa yea n iMgl pP. NbeHi
baa acted aa abdt Daring tbte tlw
he has only one* grevloaaly barn eaH.
*d upon to axarclaa tb* tolfibpWi
power V*st«d la tb* Itlafb by Urn gab'
lie law*. That waa taM) ta dafith if
Frank B Jordan
Mr Daaalag. nm 4 to fUI , 9ft
Mr. Williams place mas aagHaaldd
from tb* southeastern part of tip
county m tbo racaat Ptmaaralf* A
tb* voting H* wtl b* gwora la. gad
with tba immgktafitaaw It thato Mr
non com** la N*v*«ibe tod It W l3t
until lb* ftret week ta dhaambar tbit
tb* new board la tanaelly mated. |
CITY’S BOOKS
IN FINE SHAPE
Auditor Report* mi KmnUb 6f
Semi Ahimml Bumlbblmh
of CUy Buaiimoo
. Tba books of tha cHy of Gild* tad
are la batter aha#* tbao M aaVaraf
years, c. N. Good*©*, Raloigb ouCto*
fled accountant, told tbo boflld of fiM
darmsn last evening la ragnrtlag 00
tb* semiannual auto of tbo oRg- Ip*
Ooodno* mod# tbo naggaMUk that
corlala old see ousts that bovo remain
ed on tbo books for a another of
year* b* cancelled' off to Hgktao tba
task of bookkooplto Amooota to Id
cancelled, iflift rim—a aa jail no ia
accepted, would total Okoat sl,dM b*
Hit
Mr. (loodao* roonoLmooddd
charging og certain poring aaaOOO
menu held agalaat tbo Federal for*,
•rnment for pavement aoor tbo goto
office, and a dirt*rest gmaidgri fur
assessments for pnvlag abutting city
property. Ha racommolded furtbar
that no partial tea payment tom tbl%
|6 be accepted. Alt df th*** racom*
inendatlon* will bo goa* late by tbo
budget committee of tb* board wblob l
will m**t at Id o’clock this momiag.
On tb* petition of C dtt Oeorg* K.
Freeman and Uoaal Wall, lb* mm
of 1150 was sppropftatad toward a*
penaM In brtagfbg tha aanoai ooa
vention us tb* North Carolina Fwodt*
ry .Association bar* ia September.
The aldermen heard 8. U Rooe make
a at roar plaa that th. board r«***>
alder tb* ordtaan** forbidding tb*
keeping of cowa In tk# city nftar Ad*
gunt 1. Alderman Denials moved
that this matter be referred back ta
tb* original "cow" committee Alder*
mao McClenny waa o* bla last ai
cn-c anu protestiag that *ll t »•*«
l.v* yam to get a report out at tbit
comuiltiee."
L, “H. t we will report back at thd
neat toe, ting on tkia matter, ‘ biaadi
ly, intei p« a*d Mr. Denials sad bla mac
lion ca*r.ed. ,
Ko"cwing tbte hualaasa lb* alder*
iiifu went Into executive naqjifm wltb
only th* members of tbo boar!
ant. >■
k|J| WHU'OIIB -
NEWTON 1- Tbs farmora'toi
townspeopl# of Catawba Cennty wora
glad ta aa* a aoablag rata MU V|M^|