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VOLUME SEVEN; NUMBER 118
SIMMONS RESIGNS AS NATIONAL COMMITTEEMAN
Announce*? He Has Sent
Resignation To Raskob
But Makes No Comment
AiuMHincenaot of Resignation Is
Mads Frost New Bern Home
Last Nigfct »
CHAIRMAN MULL REFUSES
TO COMMENT ON ACTION
Believe National C'omrnlttee Has
Power to Fill Vacancy
Thus Created
NEW BERN. N. C. July 26 OP)
Senator F. M Slummo*. Senior Sen
ator from North Carolina, and lona
the recognised bead of the Demo
cratic party in tbe State, announced
today be bad forwarded to Johu J.
Kaakob. national chairman, bia res
ignation aa a member of the Demo
cratic National Committee.
No explanation was given by the
Senator for hit action. 1
Segatcr Slmmona was unanimous
ly elected national committeeman by
the State Democratic Convention
meeting In Raleigh In June. Prior
to tbe Democratic National Conven
tion, which he did not attend, he waa
i utspokeu In )ria opposition to the
nomination of Governor Smith
Since the nomination of Governor
Smith. Senator Slmmoua has made
no political statement. Senator 81m*
mona aaid ha bad alao wired Odus M.
Mull, Shelby, chairman of tbe State
Democratic executive committee, ad
vising him of hla resignation.
Senator Slmmona arrived at hla
hums here a few days ago from a
Maryland sanitarium where he had
baan resting following an IllnSaa
I’paa advice of hie physician he did
i.ot attend the Houston convention,
and waa not proaent at the meeting
ol the National committee wtten
Haakob waa elected national chair
man. K
Tbe Senator has been national* com.
mltteeman since 1924 succeeding
Governor A. W Mcl-ean, who re
■ighed when he became a candidate
for governor.
Mall Silent
HMFI.BY. July 25 —DPI -0 M Mull
chairman of the State Democratic
committee, declined tonight to corn
mint on the resignation of Senator
F M Simmons from the Democratic
Nitlonal executive committee. He
Indicated that he had only been noti
fied by the Senator of his action
without comment, and did no? feel at
I'berty t» add to that statement.
Chairman Mull expressed belief that
the Nattoual executive committee la
empowered to fill the vacancy. He
said that no recommendation for a 1
luceeaaor would be placed before the I
National connntttee by the N*rth J
Carolina committee unless cefled 1
upon.
OWENCOMESbUT
FOR MR. HOOVER
Says Republican Candidate lies'?
Fitted Man in America
For Presidency
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YORK, July 25 Dtf— Robert
1.. Owen, former Democratic 11. 8.
Senator from Oklahoma, for 18 years
In s statement Issued today, endorsed
Herbert Hoover for president. /f r> '
’At headquarters of Senator fieorge
Hr Moses. Eastern Hoover campaign
manager. Owen said:
>Mr. Htpeve* In my opinion Is tly»
'test qualified man ever presented by
sny J>Vty In America .for the presi
dency during my lifetime.
"As chairman of the senate comnM
•ee on banking and currency, Senator
Owen managed the passage es the
Federal Reserve Act and farm loan in
the upper house of Congress.
ADD MACHINERY
FOREST CITY. July 25MiP)—The
Forest City Hosiery Mills h»ve Just
completed the Installation of two new
full fashioned hosiery machines, giv
ing the plant a total of eight such
machines.
THE GOLDSBORO NEWS
BEAD IN THE MORNING SVHILK MINDS ARE FRESH—READ BY BUYERS BEFORE THEY BUY.
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County Sells Another
Begin At 8:45 P. M
Wayne County Commiaaloner In
session yesterday did some more
re-flnem Ing and- approved plans
fer construction of additions to
three rural aclioola The commis
sioners sold another fIttO.OOO
worth of short term notes to the
Wayne National Bank at ala per
cent Interest. Duly last week the
slue hank purchased fTfi.dwt
worth of notes at 6 percent. The
papers sold yesterday will mature
in six months mud are sold to re
finance notes sold six month# ago
Contracts for erection of additions
to the Rosewood, Belfast and Sev
en Springs school houses were
also approved and submitted by the
Board of Education.
90 PEOPLE TO
BE IN PAGEANT
“America’s Obligation” Is Title
of Sketch to He Given
Sunday Night
Only ninety people will take part
In the pageant called, "America's Ob
ligation". put #n by the Womans Mis
sionary Society of Fine Forest rliurch
and staged at the Rosewood School
house Sunday night July 29th at 8
p. m. The pageant depicts the res
ponsibility of Christian America to
give the Gospel to all men everywhere
"We that are strong ought to bear
the infirmities /of the weak, and
Mot to please ourslevc*". The pageant
constat* of a prologue. f»ur closely
connected episodes given -without in
termission. and an epilogue.
The theme of the pageant: “The
preaching of |he Gospel to others will
build a stronger, better church In
America and help mightily to bring
lhr dty when Jesus shall rule lit all
her affairs. » "
The United States Supreme court
has decDKyW that America is a
Christian rtSlloil. If'the principles
upoll which the nation was founded
ere Christian does not that fact make
It Imperative that America shall take
the lead in propagating » potent Chris
tlsnity. „
A few of the main characters are:
Miss Julia Sutton, Miss Sa
,-ah Gurley, the church?" Mr. A. H.
Vcasey, chonicler, Mias Mildred New
ell America; Miss tmdlse Gurley,
wealth; Mr. V. M Bass, stewardship
Miss Alice Davis, love; Mr. George
Harrison Becton, lnflrmutton: Mrs,
IT; I;. Edwards, honesty; Miss Bailie
Sutton, prayer.
This page»nt has been well coach
ed and I lie parts well worked out You
will enjoy the pageant and the public
ic cordially Invited. Remember the
time and place; Sunday night at
Rosewood school.
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OLD ARCHBISHOP
QUITS HIS JOB
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First Time In History of Canter
bury Chat Archbishop Has
Stepped Down
IAW DON. July 25—DPI—Official
announcement was made tonight thivt
the Archbishop of Canterbury, pri
mate of all England. h“« resigned It
!s the first tiiiie ill the history of the
arch-aee'of Canterbury .that the arch
bishop has resigned, Ills predecessors
having died In office.
The resignation of the archbishop
wh<> before his elevation In 1903 was
the Most Reverend Randall Thomas
Davidson, bishop of Winchester, had
bye II ex pel ted for sometime. Tbe
archbishop,' who Is 8h years old, had
a long and distinguished career In the
church, saddened In recent montha by
the rejection of the revised alterna
tive prayer book by the House of
luminous .
Calles Mourns Martyred Obregon
Jjt 1
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mJiM tm wr* W^i
Up i
Thi* unusual photo shows Plutarco Elias Calles, president of
Mexico, his hat off and afoot, as he sorrowfully followed the
coffin which contained the martyred General .Alvaro Obregon
to the train which bore it to its last resting place in Colonna
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Discredit Reports About
Bootlegging In Goldsboro
"I have hesrd tht* talk too about |
np much liquor selling around thel
( tty," said Rhertff ‘W. IJ, rtrimt yes-1
terday In discussing charges repeat,
cd In yesterday's News by Co| John
.1). Ijimgston. who quoted the man of
the street. "Most <>f it Is Just talk",
went uu the Sheriff.
"We never fall to Investigate every
clue as to prohibition law violators
that Is bropght iia And we never re
veal the name of one giving the infor
mation either!
“My deputies and I are here to en-I
force the law to the best of our ability |
end we «rc trying to do this. If these
people who say that so much liquor
.* being sold will just give ua the
add raises of the sellers or tell tls
where they are, we will go after
them We are the servants of the
people”
'Chief of Police Tew also discred
ited report* that there V* a great deal
of ItOotlegging going on In and about
the city. He said that lie cured so lit-
FORTY FARMERS
MAKING A TOUR
—'z
Grantham ''nef* Pikcvillc Men
Leave Thin Morninpr For
Trip to Oxford
Forty Wayne county farmers—
twenty from Grantham township and
Twenty TVofti TTkeVTrte —arc tmrytmr
tilts morning for a trip to the
'tolaaieo Kx per i ment Station Or
ford. Prof.- C W, Warrick is con-'
Ui'ding the tour of the IMkevHle men
and Prof. G. K., Seymour la conduct-!
f - j
Ing the Grantham tourist*
The trip to Oxford will be made
byway of Durham and In Granville'
the party wtH ms onty visit the To
tacco Experiment but wilt'
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visit the .Masonic Orphanage, and
other iMilnts of Interest. The return
(tip will be made byway of Wake
. Forest with a short stop at > "*vW*ke;
I orest College and Gouisbufjcr’”*
The I’lkeVille crowd has chartered
a bus to convey them on the trip;
ADDING Kj( Il'MI NT
TUXKDO. N. ('.. July'rS—DP]—The
Green River Manufacturing Company
rhlch ns recently reported as pl«n
iiiiig to instajl looms, is going ahead
with its plans of erecting a new cave
shed nnd putting in 04 new looms
The company whleli has been making
only combed yarns,' will produce
biosdcluth* In thc>future.
GOLDSBORO N. C. IHi'RSDAY MORNING, JULY 26. 192 H
I tie about the charges made that he
J read only a part of the article In The
4- New s about them. 'Uflr* ns facta a«d
Ve will act,” he went on.
Home officers spoke of the great
(l'fflculty In obiafiiiiig evidence suffi
cient to convict. Thpy agreed with
The News editorial of yesterday that
their task would he greatly lightened
<f such a strong public opinion could
he developed as to make Impossible
for a bootlegger to live In any part of
the town without drawing upon him
[self the wrath of his neighbors. Under
thCie . ctrciinistantils. It wqa said. It
, would bo easier to get cvidetictriuf
llclent ,to convict.
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The "sick” dodge was one revealed
somellmee employed, officers
sold, by bootleggers to uvold ap
pearing In court when cited for vio
lation. The person sited. It was said,
gets "sick" and procure# a doctor’s
(ertlflcate to the fact that, he 1# not
In condition to appear in court, and
iotnetlines the case goes over. It w»#
•aid.
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SEEKING \ NEW
CHINESE TREATY
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Minister McMurray in I’ekinß
* Authorized To Act On He.
half of United States
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•W ASHINGTON, July 25—DP)--Ac
, crptance of proposals by the Chinese
Nationalist# authorities for negotia
tion of a new tmrtft treaty, gianting
j China fdll Autonomy has beep com
municated to th*l goverirnlent hv
j Secretary 'Kellogg,
j Mac Murray In Peking
Tim note of a< ti ptance which was
p.aile public tonight lev the gtate de
p.irtm<iit wuthorixr* Mr. MacMuxray
cut the Crlited State* In ft«-
rirtdlaltima with property, accredited
representatives of the NartonalistS'
government. It stipulates that the
Cnljcd St-it< * Idoki'to the Nattonallst
1 roverumeut fur adequate proteetlon
,n China *t*d foe their right# and for
equal treatment for Ameyicau rititenn
v. itli those of any other rouoUry.
M W I'I.IMT illOI'T READY
OXFORD, July 25—14*»—The Ox.
•T-fork Silk Varus Company, NUhKldla-
I 11 ration, ha# announced That It ex
■ ry of the Southern Silk Yarns Cor.
pact* to have its plant ready for op
■ ec at lon in aboil! two mouth# It will
•' ' jive « weekly capacity of 2.11 U pound
1 converted rayon yarn*.
HAMLET FLIER
ON CITY FIELD
J. O. Roy all Will l)o Commercial
Fly Idr From Field Today
—Maybe For Rent Week
Huttontown, Sampson couniy. h»*
intertslued It* flrat alrplaivoff K. M
Royal), native of Bnlembuig and
now residing In Mantlet, thoythi the
folks of tho village where hi* wife
wa* burn how to briug a plane down
In the negro baseball park there.
Royall. Who name to <>»ld*bnro yea
lerday to do aome commercial flying,
told about the trip to Suttontown.
, All the folks wanted to go rising
with the nutlyg of Hampson hut he
refused. Ua ail right gutting your
| lane down Inaide a Itaneball park,
but tT*u nnt the saneirt hied *1 flying
to take people for hope from sin Jj
narrow confine*. Young Kbyall how.
ever, did make a concession to the
brother of his wife, who wa* a But.
(oil anikto one or two otherM.
Hoyall has 100 hours of flying time
U lila credit and la now hoping about
iui the country on a abort vacation,
doing passenger flying hetlmea. Ac.
niipanyiuK him is Arthur
also of Hamlet. who acta aa ground
n an.
The tw<{ lauded In Royal l*a Waco
to biplanti on the municipal field yes.
hrdivy having come to the city from
KuMgh Uy way of Rocky Mount.
They *uld they would be at the field
all ways today and If business was
rood would remain throughout the
week.- i
HOUSTON CAMP
PUNS REUNION
W. , a
I. Preewdtrit WIH
■ He Maintained by Old Hoi.
diet* of Duplin
anil'f—f - _
For more than thirty years, an an
nual reunion of the W. J. Houston
('amp of Confederate veteran* baa
been held at behauaville on the firat
p hur*d«y of each August. The reun
lon fpr this yaar will take place on
the second »f Augeat, at the court'
hottac In Kenauavllle. It ha* become
qulie an event In the county to be
looked forward lb by all the people of
the county, especially the young folks
who attend by the thousands. It
has also become a home coming day
fi r the many son* and daughter* of
(he county who have gon# away to
pv»k. th«ir home* In other counties
..ini states, and' many of them come
hack on th«t day to greet old friend*
(.ml kiuafolk.
The camp wa* named for Capt W.
J. Houston, a brilliant young law
yea of Duplin, who raTSed fh# first
company of volunteers, was with On
( ral J. K. D. Stuart of Virginia, and
was htiled at Ashby* Gap, to that
Mate. For many years, S. II Newton,
a lieutenant In the Civil W*r. wa*
commender of the ramp. When h<\
died II C. Harden, another!
civil ware veteran, became eoWMwaade*
which post he held till hi* death the
23fd of July. TheTe nr* still a
~nml*er of veterans, members of thla
mnp. wtm tatrf dmrti ttn4r «tm* mo»e
than S 3 year* ago.
There is always a speaker for the
Occasion, a band of music, and din
ner furnished by "the members of the
cr-mp and their wives .
WRITES LETTER
TO MINISTERS
Moderator of Georgia Baptist
( on \ cut ion l'rgc*-*WniKterM
Stay Out Politics
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ATIcANTA. Jtfly 28.-—(IP) The Rap.
list preachers of Georgia have been
!>\ked by Dr. John I) Mcll. president!
if the (ieorgla-Haptlst .convthtijon to,
keep out of politic*. ’’
Dr. Mell, who has been president of
the Georgia convention since 191 S.
has written an open tetter to the
preachers which will be pub.
Ilshed tomorrow In (be Christian In -
deg here. Me warned the inlnisfers
In avoid politics particularly, in their,
pulpit*. j
Tourist Ship With 1500
About Sent Out SOS
Calls From Spitzbergen
I
Quit* General Motor*
i
I w I^,
V W T , ,
shBHE
I ' I' M < ,*"***
w" HMPv
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John Raakob tendered
nit resignation aa cbhirman of
the finance committee of Gen
eral Motor* in qrder to devote
his full time to the campaign <
of Governor Alfred E. Smith.
He it chairman of the National
Democratic Committee.
CALLS PIR ATE T
FANS ROWDYS
h C. Denmark Won’t Go Back
If They Send Special PnH
man Here for Him
tall* plr«tes—FOßONT ~ ...... 9..
“I wouldn’t go to uwkwrmakA
game In Wilmington. If they sent a
r peels I Pullman up here fur me, n
IMid K i Denmark, yeeterday, la
dlreusalng the exhibition of
staged by Wilmington fan* and by
member* of the Wilmington team at
the Goldsboro Wilmington game in
"It was aa poor au -exhibition of
Wrlmtngton Tuesday afternoon.
eportman*htp throughout aa I have
.vw seen.", said Mr. Denmark, and
he ct hge twen following baseball, foot,
hall and sport* generally over North
Carolina for a number of year*.
’’l h»ve seen baseball from New
York on cown and I have never seen
anything to equal It. o
. "Curae word* were continually hur
led at Goldsboro players by fans. It
aa* kill him, murder him. I’ll pay
vour fine, all the way through. Row
dyism la the only word that will des
cribe It diid rowdyism la not atroag
enough. I *
“••Of cours** there were a number of
WiluUusurn ptHipla:.-prc*eut .who were
not taking part ftt this un«portsmau
like exhibition and they were disgust
ed with what "was goth* on Hut they
j)t; yb’ t‘f | f*|M| j ||]p f ftl’fi* of kUt_ r tl
storm Ar”fury helms veined a*
Goldsboro players. k
Thera were atsmt thirty people
from Goldsboro present and I will bet
that not a one of them will go hark
to another game In Wilmington.
“Baseball In a small efty league
such as the Eastern North Carolina
| 1 op ought to be played In » spirit that
' would bring Ihe town* el riser togeth
er, rather than after the fashion of
j I*lk city rurkateeVs and a spirit that
j will engender animosities and kssp
the cities father apart.I** 1 **
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Canisters Kill Each
Other In St Ixniis
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HT I,ol’lß, Mo. July « —OP)—
Jones Russo and Mike Lertgo, gangs,
0r.,. were killed and Jack Griffin waa
seriously wounded In a pistol fight
.it a vacant lot lu Maplewood, a sub
urb,today The iMidiea of Rttsao and
l.enyk were found beside their aS
tomofilTe*. flaug differences are
; thought to have been responsible for
I the fight.
MRlfßgtt 018
THE ASSOCIATE
PREBB ' j
prick riTi am
MetMafM Picked Up B; km
breaker K rami a Wlich
Turns Abnul to Aid
VESSEL REPORTED IN
DISTRESS 13 GERMAN
Story Related In Radio Dtapolrß
From Havao Apwij 1 Cor. *■
MOHt'OW, Rassla, My »
(ATI Tin Saw Sana i«Mf
corresponds*! sbssN fln lw
iirrHSer *ni»*»n rOSIII SO SS *u»
p. m. today Mai tin Kmdi nm *
hearing HOH calls Mm MM
IMb posssagsr aksatd. f*a laamv
sla bad pat iknt cod tom tad.
tag for Ml Mud, 9»HclM*—
where the s%mls ace beMbeed to
have rone from.
Jbly T fren ielbemeo, Nermy,
wiu § inilf ag|p
senffor list. Ml M b eo *o> *
west (west of RpMebeopo tem ..
than 10 nflos to the team es -t
King's »ey. A
.yp«» ■■ i—iHiiiiias—mi
ZEB JOHNSON -
IS CAPTURED
Halfway Dowa Rapa Tkionm
From Hoar Windoor of NR*i
Station Whoa Takon, . ...
m* mm,,
T*t> fohosow HTtOfff,,
flinging to a rop# oa wltfah he Md
sought escape, Zob Ishaeea, opaßp
t n a charge of violating tin preOst
tlon law. was oaptered ysstseder h*
Deputy Sheriff J. 0. Ksnagp-
Johnson felled to pm 4w ea • gpk
poaraaoe to answer to r ' ihergi,, 0
breaking the Itgoor laws several
months. soArOfftoers hedTlaga mk
•he look ant for htn. Weed cent jrcto
turday that V had Rasa seed to «jp
old Tom Pierce filling ctatiea eo
b'ghway number 10 put Meet es M|b
tbs nr , ,
Deputy Kornogay earned to Mto
hlaeo. While atlU aoeso dtotdaoo OedO
the road, he noticed a ana rise hor
rlrdly from a chair la treat es too
station and go laaide. It waa idhaaSw
Instead of goiag inaldo the botldldg
to anarch for w. -to. Deputy BfT
negay who waa atoae weed to the mm
us It. There wee e rope Oeaglljjg
from a window oonyp It foot ap, tor
(be station I* built oo * MU.
rear part being oa high pUlara. BUf
«*y d»wn tho rope waa Jehacoa,
"Como on dowa.** ordered the odR.
cor.
Johnson cane.
Now bo la looked I* Jail, denied
bond and will be tried ea the aM
count.
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Funeral Services Far
Father of Judge Bland
Faneral aorvket over to# rownfag
»t /. T. Bland, father of Jadge D. t£
Bland of Goldsboro were ctodactod
In Oprtaw yesterday afternoon at .1
o’clock. Several monbora of tho Way
ne fodnty Bar Association wore
among the greet crowd gßtoerifdT tor
(he simple tod Impresari* rttoe, retag
as, a tribute not only to the —fl~Tg*
lawyer who had passed away hat to
the son. Judge Bland, of Qoldehltb.
The Burgsw resident, aged la yeaae
and honor*, died late Taeedoy after
noon of heart failure. All will sjrto
pethlse with Judge Bland la hie bar
row.
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NAME HIIPKMINTEIIPRMT
WADKBBORO, July j6-(JF) Cltoe
fren will be the supertntaadeat of
ihe new silk plant to bo know* 00
the Allen-lhles Gonpany of
Wadeaboro. The machinery Is hetap
in-AhUcd this week and officials sa
ne i to begin operations sea*: Owner*
of Ihe plant are H B. Alla aad He
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