WEATHER
Partly riewdy. possibly tkutoibiw
«« lb Weet, Thursday Md Friday, -v
VOLUME SEVEN; NUMBER 140
CENTRAL FLORIDA IN GRIP 65-MILE HOUR GALE
Grave Fears Felt For
Citrus Fruit Crop In
' Path of Raging Wind
Dum|« Until Yesterday After
neon Was Estimated At Five
Million Doilam
WINTER HAVEN HIT BY
.GALES LAST EVENING
Teknltone Communications With
Winter Haven Break As
Report Coming In
JACKSONVILLE, Aug «—<*>)-Af
i*f hammering tudsjr at cominuultl**
lu the ipirtely settled sections of
East Central Florida the tropic storm
emerged tonight to sweep Winter
(jam and otbar towns In lb# rich
central citrus eeuatvy.
City official* SJ, Winter Haven,
which la approximately 5(1 mile* eaat
of Tampa, related that winds of 75
ml lee an hour velocity had followed
afternoon galea of 40 mllee speed.
T|j* telephone cinfilt was disrupt
ted wblfe the report was being made
and efforts to reestablish contact
•were unavailing.
Apparently the storm was more
than half way on Its course from the
Atlantic to the Gulf of Megfco, after
ravaging a 200 mile strip along the
east coast last night and today.
Grave tears were-felt for the great
citrus orchards, laden with fruit in
lit# Immediate path of the storm.
Damage was done Along the East
Coast last agiht from West Halm
Beach north to Cltusvllle, wtth three
cities, Stu*rt, FVt Here*, end Xjro,
Beech, bearing the blunt of the blow
\ with ' estimated property damage of
tfi.OOO.OOO
' Weet Palm Beech end Palm Beach
escaped the full force of the storm
bfu suffered considerable loss of
trees and shrubbery.
Available reports Indicated that
there Was no loss of life and few In
juries. The Florida sector of } the
American Red Croaa took steps so •*-
certain whether there was any Buffer
ing hut no reports were received up
to late today. a
WEST PALM BEACH. Ha.. Aug. »
—<Jf*) —Lashed by the tropical storm
which recurred here this afternoon
and seemingly was Increasing In In
tensity. this city and Palm Beach
was In darkness tonight as the In
habitants waited for the full force
of The blow which was expected be
fore dawn. V
The crater of the disturbance which
swept up last night fr<»m the West
Indies apparently was sfdllonarr
about 60 miles off shore Ships near
the center reported winds of hurrl
< sne force, upwards of 75 miles »n
hour while the velocity her# was es
timated at 60 miles when night fell.
Kxtenslve damage was reported
—. beta and in Palm. Beach, hut. LMI
chiefly was confined to trees, shrub
bery. and atnsll build Inge, signs and
awnings. Opily one person was known
to have beon Injured. T. P. Culbreth,
sii employ* of the Florida Light and
Power company, was badly shocked
when his automobile ran Into a brok
en power line.
Power lines generally were down
over this place and Palm Beach aud
there were.no electric lights In eltner
(lace tonight because It was Impos
sible to nuke repairs lu the face of
the gale.
While four person ventured acre**
the bridge over I.»ke Worth that
seperates tills city from Palm Beach,
reports were that* Ocean boulevard,
which skirls the sea. appeared to be
doomed The highway was. washed
out during the hurricane of Septem
/ her. 19$». »nd tonight heavy seas
Wjlh a swollen tide again menaced
It.
The first blow esme here this morn
Ing when for a few minutes the wind
•cached a velocity of CO miles an hour
A full followed of the blasMsnd this
afternoon the storm set In again. This
was similar to the eiperlence yes
terday at Nassau,. Capital of the
Bahamas, where the storm was felt I
twice during the day.
Barometer readings here tonight
wept-Arf about 29 CO within a few
v _ tContinued Jp Paco Throel
THE GOLDSBORO NEWS
BEAD IN THE MORNING WHILE MINDS ARE FRESH—READ BY, BOYERS BEFORE THEY! BUYS.,
AMERICANS WILL
FLY PLANE HOME
'Friendship, In Which Mi set Ear
hart Went To Europe. To Be
Flown Back
PORTLAND. Me., Aug. *—{*>) The
monoplane Friend*! - p In whirl! Amel
la BsrhsM and her c«mpantofls flew
icm this country to England will he
manned by an Ameriacti crew for a
return flight to Ameijir*. according;
to information received here today.
, vs
It w*s announced recently that the
Friendship had been purchased by
Donald Woodward. Wealthy aviation
enthusiast of Washington, D. C.. To
day stale senator Arthur O. Spear
s*ld he had received a letter from •
New York friend which stated that
Woodward, accompanied by Tlipt
Harry Huger*. had sailed abroad for
the purpose of flying the Friendship
back to America.
State Pharmacists
Honor C. B. Miller
C. B. Miller of the Goldsboro Drug
Company has been elected first vice
president of the North Catalina Phar
maceutical association. It was au
*>ouncfd yesterday. t MMR
1. Election was by vole circulated by
wall among the members of thj-M
--‘sociatlon. Others officers elecieil
I Were: president, C.. a C. Fordham. sec-,
rnd vice president, f, T. Durham;
third vie* preeidetot O. A. Isley:
secretary and treasurer; J. O. Board
members of the executive commitlee,
J. C. Brantley, W. W. Jtorne, I*.
O. Slartford.
EIEI.SON BUNTS TO 00 W ITH
WILKINS TO MOUTH POLK
GRANU_O(t>RKB. N. D., Aug. 8-DP)
—Lt. Carl flen Eldlnon, of H«iloit. N.
D.. b*s agreed to aeeompany Sir Huh-
Krt Wilkins on the lajier;* proposed
South Pole flight.
Announcement that he had sent a
message of acceptance to Wilkins In
l.oa Angeles was made by Kiel son
last night while here as guest of lion*
0
■ir at a banquet sir ranged by local ser
vice cluba.
SHIPUOTTON
BY AIRPLANE
First Hale oC Sva.son In South
To Be Sold For Demorrnt ir
JFunds
' HA IM JOY AIRPORT. South Plain
field,' N. J.. 8 (JPI The first
lutle of cotton to be sent from the
South by airplane arrived Tiere late
today to la* auctioned'for the benefit
of the Dem|catlc national campaign
funds'.The eotton whs shipped hy !
Hnutherrf I*emocr«ts It will In* soldi
nt the .product* exchange. .
Senator Pat Harr'son of Mississippi
nnd Howard Tullman of New York
vrstrert two hour* to receive the cm '
ton M fHitroMl tu New Y«rk hefk.ee
lt arrived.-
“Radio Movies’ ’ Transmitted
In Experimental Laboratory
I’ITTHBI RG, Pa, Ang. < (IP) ,
—A radl nlopla, when moving
picture* will be sent through Ihe
air so home* In all purls of Ihe
world was tlsloned lodn) by rad*
lo’s most consplrlous lenders when
“radio movies" were sent for the
first lime In history during a de
monstration al the East Pitts,
bnrg plant of (be Be*tlgg house
Elect rlr and Mnnufnrluring Co.
l eaders In Ihe radio world and
newspapermen attended the dem- j
He Bewww a King
. *
MM BE
a h •- M
SV-. *
Jf
| President Ahmed Zogu. of Albania.
jrt*P, according to reliable eonecew,
will become monarch of/tlye mountain
ous country over which he baa ruled
as an elected president for 10 pews.
The Ajpauian parliament has disgrtiv
>*d itself to make way for a constitu
ent assembly which will revise the
ccnstltution to of /.ogu's ae-
Vtesslon to the throne.
(International Newsreel)
BATTERED BODY
TEACHER FOUND
* 4
I nor Pipe Wrapped in Napkin Is
Clue Chicago Police Have
To Work On
*■ . i) 0
CHICAGO. Ang. 8 -UP) A bWast
stained Iron pipe, wrapped In a paper
napkin, was the clue hy which the
police tonlgfit sought to trace the
slayer <>f Miss Jennie CotlriLvee, 42
veer old tem-TTer i»f Peoria, HI., whoa*
battered hodv was found beneath a
w Bv»fi«t*ni, today.
A milkman »tiiiiililiml over the wo
man's body, just, before dawn Her
‘ikull w*a crushed' and her tattered
gengeiits gnre evidence that art at
tack had followed the fatal beating
%
Near the Body lay the iron pipe on
whose paper napkin a smudged with
rouge was faintly scratched with pen
cil the name "I T eahs" and the letter
“L“.
It was In the front lawn of fAK
H. Peaks, a few door* the home
she was found.
BIG ANTIS TO
ATTEND MEET
Upchurch Announces Names of
Those Who Will Attend
Conference
RALEIGH. Anm * (/IV-Nat tonal
leaders of the Anti-Smith Democrsts.
movement wl(j attend The statewide
conference culled tu meet here Fri
day, Ilcv. ('. A l T p<Auirch, auperln
tcadent of the anti Saloon of
North Carolina and a leader In the
movement In (his State said tonight.
lie're ived a telegram from Bishop
, James A. Cannon, Jr , Richmond, he
said Informing him that Dr. A. J.•
Barton, Atluuia baptist leader " and
Mrs. Jes*e W Nicholson, Chevy City,
r»w.; nr Trte "wnrn«ir.t pw •mTcmuhem
J bed vwsvrf.* ptae*j ♦« brtewl the
I North Carolina meeting.
ensfration nnd saw Ihe movies
sent through Ihe air l« s screen
•';« feel front Ihe trausmllllng up
araltt*.
Bhlle -still In the laboratory
stage. Ihe process ws« described
as successful and htnhig great
possibilities.
It was pointed I hot while Ihe
, m«»les were sent for shqrt dis
tances Ihe inglnrerlng principle
Is the same nnd ke
sent across Ihe ruuttnfnt Just ns
easily.
GOLDSBORO. N- C. THURSDAY MORNING. AUGUST ». 1928
To Make Plans For
Opening* of Market
Plena for aitvortlslng th* open
ing of the Unldirißoo tobacco mar
ket on August tk. 1!) days from
today will tw' made at joint meet
ing of (he advertising committee
of the Goldsboro Cliamlwr of
Commerce at |0 o'clock Frld»y
morning. Tlk- business melt s or
ganisation ha& for stimetime been
soliciting funds t« be used In ad
vertising Govmarkei.
A MYSTERY TURN
IN MELLUS CASE
Find That Finiecrprints About
Bathroom Not Tiiose of
o Butcher Boy Sweetie
*
U>B ANG ELKS. Aug •—(AV-Thc
saying of Mr*. Myrtle Melius here
I«,st Sunday became today a murder
mystery of the first magnitude when
•mllee autiounced that bloody linger
/prints foyud In the bathroom of th*
palatial Melius where the woman waa
found dead were not those of Leo
•Tat" Kelly ham.lsome Butcher Boy,
■ reused of the crime.
Kelly, who according so eridenc*
and pollee'findings wa* for flv* years
the’woman's sweetheart and compan
ion at many drinking parties stulty
maintains his Innocence. He ha* »<T
rittted he waa at the Melina home on
the afternoon she was found dead,
that ho was In lav* with the woman
and had been drinking w/h her on
thu dsy of Jp|r %ath. pcsplte htg
denlala Kelly was Tndict*>d by th*
grand Jury if day on a murder charge
and his trial was expected to be set
for August 20. „
B " Meanwhile following the discovery
nlsfingerprlnl* other than Kelly’^.po
lio* worked on the theory that other*
may know of the filling and sum
moned for einminatlon several per
rons who knew Mrs Melius well, In
cluding her husband, Frank Melius,
)r0 r V>
t-r»miuenL In RjMirls and fraternal
circles. Finger prints will be made of
all pepnills called.
u»:< 11.1. M H-l INCIDENA
NEW YORK. Ang. 8--GP)—Elnkln*
of the Dalian subm'arglnp F H anJ
the effort* (TTUh Dapped erew lo eom
rminlate with thirty resellers vlvldlv
recsll Ihe tragic days that followed
•the sinking rrf tho Amrrlcan sutimer,
slblc H 4 off Gppc Cod last December.
IN THK OI YRPH I'IItH.RJM
WONRN’M KTKNTJ4 REMAIN
- r
AMSTERDAM. Aug. 8- (AA— The
International Amateur Athletic fed
araihni after, a ,'aplxUcd ilglufc today
voted 16' to fi jo retain the women's
• rsck and field events lu the Otypmlc
program. . '
By a Vote of 14 to 8 It r*J*-Wd a
lull list of ten events asked hy the
momen’s international snorts federa
tion. ' 0 : '
AH*4RD CON riCACt TO HAI L
ATI.\MA-C|fH?i<.o AimTATI.
WASHINGTON, Aug. A (Al— The
msUsi I tw ~«erv4tMt-wD wtsG he~
’-ween C-Wuasp.aMd AM*»U w*» Award
ed by the poatofffee department to-
to the I.nlerstste Air Line, Die.,
of Chicago. The bid wa* 78 cents k
| pound.
i The contract a* announced hy
I Postmaster General dj'ew, required
j that the routes be placed in operation
within six months from the date of
'award. ~„8- ■> J . v
I '
, ; However," Mr New's statement
I ! aid. • It is quite possible tjtat the de
i part me nt In view of the Imreased air
j mall traffic exported to reshlf from
' the new fjve cent rat,-, will require
operation ’before the expiration of the
six months period.
‘•fn such a contingency the route
will l«e placed In day lime operation
: until Die department of commerce
j shall have completd the lighting of
j t<: airway for night flying. o
Phi Delta Delta Head
* 1
Jr " 9
Mist Grace Knoeller, Wash
* ington, D. C., attorney, who
waa elected president of Phi
Delta Detta at the aorority’a
recent convention in Seattle,
Wash. She is a native of
Pennsylvania.
PROHIBITION
CALLED ISSUE
Scnutor Edwards B*y«. This I*fo
' blent Eclipses All Others *
Before Nation
WABHysOTON, Auk *- Prohl
liinon was singled out todsy ha the
foremost iaaun In the campaign by
Swnotor E<lwerd*, Dcmocralie, ff. J.,
who said that religion could not be
made a "real Issue’' and that a squab
hie on the tariff war out *t - b* ques
! G.C” - »
Tlic New Jersey Senator, • staunch
advocate <>f modification of the dry
law, predicted ,11ml hi* stale would
Iks overwhelmthKly for Smith. He
swhf that tw* yearn ago h» h*4 prop
-csved lli»t prohlbfllou must be faced
by Ihe 1!)2H nominees and that the Is
sue-"l# now lu re In all ll* hldeous
neas." 0
JAPAN ISSUES
WARNING NOTE
Inform Chinese Nationalists
i
t Thry Mast Not Annex Man*
c churia To Rule
TOKYO, Aug. -Alarmed by
report* that Manchuria wu« about l«
In* Joined to Ihe Chinese iiailopatlat
government at Nanking. Japan today
wsrtied the province n*>t to lake that
aXtqx.and lag.' that iouillajrliv
initiated unless
the Nfltlon»l!ata tecee<| from their
al tit tide toddl'd the ipecinf ri*lit of
Japanese sltlsen*\lß chin*
Japan under»taii\l' that till* aaree
m< nt grants comp\ele anldbomy to
Manchuria In its dbmesllc relaitonw
blit gives Nanking l ucitrof of foreign
.reUtionH of tlie provroci-, It Is thts
latter-aapect which ha* grossed Tok
yo to aclloa. Napk+ffg having already
notified Japan of its ahlOgatlon of
comm recta treaties granting pxtra
territorial rights to japaot-aet Japah’ii 1
Pirn that -mtv AtttaiAthdt bs'nrfcgaT’
has been ignored by Nanking.
County Club Membets Camp
At White Lake, August 27-31
Tlo Wiivtn- County Camp will be
held at White August 27-81. i
according to an announcement mad*
yesterday .by Courtly Agent A. K.
Rofnlrtsott and home demonstration
agent. Mis* Ruth iiellly, Aci-omtnoda
tlons can In* arranaed for *ilty five
»t the lamp, and it i<w>fte hop*’ of
Ml*s Reilly and Mr Roto*rtson -that.
this number can atrdhdi '
They have mailed the U> J
the ciph memlters «f the, county.
The Wayne county C»tnp wilt he
held at White Lake August 27-31.
Dairy Industry Offers
Great Opportunities To
Eastern North Carolina
SMITH AWAITS
STRATON NOTE
Will Kvmuin Quiet About De
bate Until Peroonal Repfy
• ! * Received „
ALHANY. Aug. * (A*)—Until *th«
pustiuau bring* Uovertior Smith * let
Ur- fr..m Roach Strston.
aceepting Ills ! ulisllengo for a
range and fre* dlseiMiloti of hla potl
ttc-tti career, the Democratic prrttld
entlal nominee Intends'to say nothing
ti ore obortt the proposed debate.
tu a IWt«r to. the pastor of Cavalry
Hapttst church tu, 'Hew York City,]
Smith yesterday took exception td
I'i straton's dalacartton'a from th*
pulpit ~ ;
Dr. Htruton, not; waiting for Smith
communication- to reach him »t hla
New Jersey vacation retreat announc
ed that the debate waa a go but aug
yested that It h« held In aomn targa
New York auditorium. He also pro
posed tlmt the nominee and he en
gage In a series of joint debates
through the South i .. -
Short Cotton Report
Sends Market Upward
WASHINGTON, Aug. g—<>*V~ Th*
Department of Agriculture today •»-
mmneed that a cotton cr*p of 14,881,-
prtrt equivalent 500 pound hates la Indi
i a ted far this year and that the coa
dillon of the crop on Augitat I waa
47.9 per cent of a norffEl.
On the strength of thla report, cot
"tfiti irrrf s hffwhfi
on straight Jumps and c|oe*d about
76 points higher ttian th* day before.
.*'.( » York spot* closed
Robrnson Fays Tribute
to Lost Leadeir^Brennan
HOT SPRINGS. Ark.. Aug. $*(&)
-Senator Joe T. Robinson, Demoera
tic vice presidential candidate said In
a statement today ‘‘the loss of th* effl
dicitl services of George ilreuuan, wh#
(l ed In Chicago this morning, will be
•elt hy the political urbanisation with
which he wa* affiliated."
GKNETUNNEY™
TS TO MARRY
Formal Announcement ‘fcf En
trauement to IlfMltimillionaireiMi
Is Made
SOUTH. Mum. Mn- Aag Sr-tfS
—E'l/hual announcement of tho en
gagement of Gene Tunncy, retired
J.i-uyyweight champion to Mis* Josep
h>ne Lauder’of Greenwich, Conn., was
mode here tod*y by-Mrs. George
Undo, Jr., mother of the girl. Date
of the marriage hasjiot been set.
The rurmiv) ai}D»un< entent followed
rumor* of the eng»gem*ut that have
been preralanet *lnc<- Ihe heavyweight
title holder defeated Tom Heeney New
/Cealaod challenger, July 26, apd a
few days later snnuoneed hi* retire
ment from ifi# ring. Tuiincy I* vlslfwt
‘ nr the suinmrtr bhdw d?;tha* MhOkf
r f»mlly here.
Each bog and girl who expects to ge
to camp must fill out *nd return
the enclosed sheet ams make a depos
it of (I ttO |»y August 18th. land year
ihllty who did not go to camp h*d
returned signed cards slating they
would go. m» we lost tmiuey on tho
ramp because pr<»v'*|ori was m*de
them. This- yeitr we whnt lo have the
n.oxt i urcessful camp poealble. We
want 'you to go aud h»ve a good time,
home of our Stale Agricultural work
(Coutluued on page two)
MEMBER 09
THE ASSOCIATED
PRESS
PRICK PIYR dim
Wayii* ( »un(y Dairy mm's A wm>
riation Htagaa Aanaal Pie- '•
Ale and Barbocao
DR. (I.ARBNCB POB 18
SPEAKER OP OCCAEIOIf
Wttrtta «f Danger •# OwrPia
duciion in Tabacea Hat ,
ThroaUaa
Kit*tern North ( a roil as often morn'
appoffutdiiii in tkmm li 4M9*
In raising tobnoce or cotton. Dr.'
Clarence Poe of Kaletgh. edlter d
the Progressive Khnaer, tald 1M M
and women gathered at Moor— grot*
ycaterdgy afternoon for tin aamMR
uttUßi oi (Im win rut faulty ptfry"
meo'a Association. Dr. Poo aKi tatrf
statement ah tin odtSat aad In |M>
figures aad cited facta to proto It to
the cojaree of a thirty nlaata
that was a practical aa any baaed
httreabouu la imattaMh
To begin with. Sato to. tea
Carolina rank* seventh la tin OattAl
States In tin value of tta crape whlld
It ranka twenty fourth la to vulog
of tta Ilf* atock. “I never aiMt«
lhaaa figures,” tin Releigh editor told
dairymen aad fckelr gaaata “without
Laving the aeoaUi plctare of a kag|
a ant with eao leg M tent load aad
the Other geesa."
With thin unique coatparteaa. DT:
roe emphasised that wkiltin aad
dairying shouldbalance aaek other
A warning aa to tin rapidly to*
ci easing tohaigwi ecnwga whlea
threatens a aartoua orar prodaotloa
with raaoltaat low prfcto waa gteow
to tho oaaenMago. “Hoof dcoryoao,**
tor Itee atand, "tow eealW t>o ofj
uation that ceaffoata go with radar
eo«« to couea. Urcdt aatg anas #
cotton produclagviarrttary ken koto
opened np In tin wont,' a towttteg
that can make tho cotton aunk okoo#
#r than wo ana. Hod mt at an fat
larwith l
"I am afraid. however, tint wo mi
■omewhet alow to heoogalao tho
that tobacco prodaoßoa la rapidly ap»
prose blag a like stage.'l wag At Vto
rroaa Ooorgla, eeotlea tho othor ms
and dowa there tho tdtoooo »nraoj>
thla year haa aaoa aa laoroooa of
lihi percent. Iter Oeorgß at g wkoto
there haa been aa laereaaa of M 14
peroent.” ,
Tkta Urge Increase la flWno aoto
age eonth of her, afflmnd Dr. F*
explains why the Oeorgla narkato
thie oeooea opeato too Mate kdteto
the average of a year age aad wig
the border merhete aloe opened I
cents below the average AT a -yoto
ago.
With thla warning nkoat na end*
production ,of tobacca. Dr.
ctl again to a dlschaaloa of tho fntaM
of dairying In North Oercftteo. Mo
vho wed (hat dairying iheild •TfiMpT
In hand with the operntioa as nay
wwi rwTßTtrPa nrtti, polttlli nvt tw
there waa no cheaper way of laafato
In* the fertility es the load than W
keeping cattle on It,
Milk production haa greatly lacreog
*d In the laatati years, and Ig oon
tlnulng to Increaae na ana hacooMd
educated to the the nine of mflk to
every balanced diet, (he crowd wai
told. “In 1920 the a reggae coniomp-
Uon of milk -per peraoo A the Ualted
mates was 10 galloes. In DM. W;
fee added the svirags conaumprioof
rer person had Increased to H gal- ~
lons and S quarts.
That North Carolina offers upper
(unities In dairying waa brought oat
hy the declaration that U Beehern
rth Caroline tho ceoooteptloa U
far below the average for tho nottto
aa a whole.
1 (cvelopmenls In the acteoee d(
dairying, went on the edtter, hdto
made It poaelble for eae to tell en~
nctly whether or not each cew ta hfg
herd la making a profit aad whettor
cr not ■he should he disposed of. ltd
ri»ch data can he gathered relative t*
every field or plot of tebeoeo or eat*
lon In such complete fora it woo atdl
„ *
The small number cows in thtn
part of the tUte cited aa further Ip*
(Ooatlued oa Page Ito