WEATHER
hhowbra. Slight warmer In extreme
vest portion Thursday. Friday meet
ly fair. ? ,
VOLUME QlgyEN; NUMBER 146
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA IS MENACED SEVERE FLOOD
Asheville Is Taking
Steps Prevent Loss-"
Life As Waters Rise
D - i .. w 1
Train Service Freni Anhevilie
Saliabtiry; A»heville-Spar
tanburg Slopped
ORDER PEOPLE LEAVE
CITY DAM TERRITORY
Bpwrtanburg, S. C., la Abte In
Gripe of River Gods For
Second Time
AHHKVILLE. Auk I&——With
tildes blocking highways and rall
:b«4sMit«t Asheville tonight and the
French Broad and Swunuauou rivers
ristua *t tbe rate of 1 foot an hour,
and out of their banks at mauy polnta.
Authorities were taking steps to pro
tect tit* Uses et those who live In the j
area affected by tbe flood ureters.
No train service liascbeen possible
between Asheville and Salisbury and
Aabaeille and Spartanburg since noon
today. The black Mountain and Hen
dersonville highway* are blocked* by
Hood waters.
The city of Asheville has notified
people living below tbe huge Bee Tree
dam to vacate theta property and offi
cers are ae.ilatlug people who dwell
along the river banks to get out. A
number of families havl*
have been placed on all highways
that art menaced to w»rn motorists.
Measurements taken by the weather
bureau bare tonight Indlctaed that
the French Broad river i*aa standing
at 7 fset above iero, four feet out
of hftnke. the highest eitjee 1916 when
It reached 81 feet. Bo far no loss of
life has been reported.
Highway number 10 between Aahe
vtHe aud Old Fort Is blocked by a
glide which took x chunk or (he high
way 100 feet long aud draped It
down °n the railroad, completely.
Mocking the truck.
The Salvation Army here h*s 20
refugee* driven out of their homes
and Is expecting more. »
SPARTANBURG, g. C., Aug. 16—
—Battling through a heavy rain
accompanied at times by stiff winds.
Spartanburg was early tonight facing
a storm that promised to Inflict more
damage than thgt of' last Saturday
morning. Two mill*. flooded Saturday
ara again alreadp partly under water,
with Chtnqftepln and Fair Forest
ereeka threatenentng/th,*' villages.
Streets In the city were being bad
ly washed tonight. The 'gas
hack In operation Monday after being
flooded Saturday, la again under wat
er and the city Hi without gag.
ATLANTA. Ga.—(A*) —Serious flood
conditions were wldesprex'l over (Ivor
fcl# tonight ss the tropical storm blew.
Itself out In a torrent of rgln over
the upper watersheds of Georgia and
Alabama.
fluty (till death lias Wen reported,
but preliminary estimates gave enor
mous damage so crops, highways arid
other lines of communications, with
several towns virtually (Isolated an
Inhabitant# of lowlands along the
rivers warned of rising waters. I
The most acute situation appeared
tonight at Mllledgevllle and M*c»n, {
Oa., where flood waters menaced sec
tions of the reaTiTenTtal district. The
Ocomutgee rtver at Macon already!
b*d Inundated % Score of hemes and
aevrmi dwellings wHre claimed by'
the Oconee liver at Mld^lgerllle.
DIAMOND WAR
NEARING END
<
Reports ('omini; Out of Rrazil-
Un State Tell «f Much
Fighting
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RIO JANERIO. Brfastl. Aug. 15-
Ten thousand vigalantes under
.lose Warbeck. have ended two months
of guerilla warfare In Matto Gross
by driving 2000 diagramed native dla
mond prospectors across the state of
Guyax Reports reaching here tell of
tights In the Jangle and uplands of
tbe rich d'amond. fields, the burning
of towns snd wiping out of Inhabit- j
Ante of sevaral communities.
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THE GOLDSBORO NEWS
RRAH IN THE MORNING WHILE MINDS ABB FRESH—READ BY BUYERS BEFORE THEY BUY.
Orthopedic Clinic
Starts at 9:30 A. M.
!)r. O. L. Miller of Gastonia, chief
surgeon of the North Uarollna Or
thopedic Huapital, arrived In Gqlda
boro last evealng for tbe first East
era Uarollna clinic of the hospital
to be conducted at the Memorial
Community Butldtng begtnnln* al
9:SO this morning. Accompanying
Dr. fdiller on this visit are fowv
members of the staff of the Gam
Hrtttit hospital.
The general committee of 15
which will administer the |7.iHKi
fund raked U/trovlde a clinic each
month during the next twelve, to
gether with a number of the phy
sicians add specialists of Lhe city,
will n.eet Dr. Miller and the other
visitors Ibis morning.
DEPUTIES GET
2MORE STILLS
Nice t>lail-Order Outfit Is Found
In Home of Haulston
W Negro
® Two more complete rtlll outfits
were added yesterday lo tbe half
doseii or more capture,! t*y W'arrfe
county deputies In the pad few d«ya.
20 gallon said to have been
.•rdered from u mall order house
WM found In tbe home of Will D«w
nen of Saulstou township A barrel
of beer was a.short distance from the
hogpe A* the deputies—Kornegay,
Wliilley and Oker, drove Into Daw-
Son's yard, he espied them from a
.joint where he w«« cropping tobacco,
lie at once took to the woods.
A sixty gallon outfit was captured
near the Hooks Bridge on Little Riv
er, Fork township. It was not in eft*
c-ration Deputies Kornegay. Smith,
Gardner and Precise made this raid.
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Fork Man Arrested
Under Booze*Charge
Tom FerreflV'resldent of the Coot's
mill section of "F«.rk township. was
iast night released under l>ull of |B»n
to appear before County Judge Bland
i.n a charge of having whiskey hi His
pc-saeaslon for the purpose of sale.
A raid conducted by Deputies Kor-
Tiegay, Smith and Hales had netted
11 gallons of whlakey—apparently
freshly made—on Ferrell's place.
-About 10 gallons were found hidden
In a tobacco patch and another gallon
Was discovered In. the kitcheit ’bf tbe
Ferrell home. ,
GKOIXIIiCII STKAWEK
FLOATED| AT AA.SMA I'
NEW YORK. Au», 16—
w
being heard In Wayne ccunty. At
Seven Hprlngs the beui garde# n'
Springs Hotel has been almost
totally eaten by this peat and at
Baulstbn jfatdi Her* Turro am report
o# damage s»> butter bc.ins ui:d pule
l«s»n.i
Prompt action by using poison ‘.on
the under side of the bean leaves •s ill
< ontroL title pest.
1 Magnesium Arsenate,
MagnAdum arsenate used as npruy
should be* mixed as follows;
Large qua#titles:. 1
j Magnesium arsente —1 pound
| Water &u gallons
Small quanfßfeat
Magnesium arsenate ........ 1 ounce
W a ter ~”T.T.~TT777~ 7.T7r a gullbni)
Magnesium arsenate should be mix
t-d for use as a dust as follows!
•lugm-sliim 11 rsenate ..... .. 1 pound
I'ydrated lime ...j3 to 6 pounds
< For large dr smaller quantities
change the umount Ih proportion of
üb«ve.l.
t alrluni Arsenate
' f’slcluni arsenate can lx- used with
good lesujts If properly mixed.wltlr
lime. Calciudi arsi-uadc is the cheap
est poison available and Is effective
sod tmf if properly ralxed-
Cslclum srsenate for use as a dust
hOuld be mixed as followsi
( sli'inm aresugdh ........... I peial
Hydrated lime 7 pounds
rFor larger err wmaHer qaaotHle*
> the amount in prupnwtisat of
,af:er the house *w.is scattered lo h»
four winds, ami suffered internal in
juries. The physician who has attend
ed her a the home of her hrothAr. J.
J. Murphy. Bbcrlff Itasbeory told The
News, h*s been particularly afraid
Ihjt pneumonia Tvotllil develop, hut
thus far the old iudy lias escaped
this danger.
Paul Jones, prominent Hnow Mill
man. Sheriff llssberfy ha* sturtiul dr
cm la tjhg a iiet!tl»n f essocluAl**** c«oMly inns
missioners wu* told at Its uiiniml con
veiitl«rj hive today by W K KiMvr
ling, nistslaht rxc-rgstlrr -jcrrrtarr of
lh«? conn I y government advisory com
mission. •
I'ules* the accounting department Is
so systeiuwtizcd that the rcspunslMe
officials can fell at any time the exuet
stains of the county V flnum i s. - Mi
hnsteriiag warned that It la almost
linimsslhli* for the authorlies o escape
shortages
that would have bee'
provided by a proper methisl of keep
VJi •
lug accounts, under the practice In
Miutiy counties, lot, not been available
to county authorities > r ml Uie re “Hit;
been a tluuuclu] couditlou at tti
end of the period in wbieh obligation*
were in extvsa 6r resources.
%
"Not knowim. .this Yonuttion," he
iainliDUtuL "peurif ion waa noL nouic-iu
cure It, and-the r< -.ult has been an ac
cumulation of detu-iU c.arrlad tnraard
from olio period to another until It be
came necessury to Issue funding
bond*; Thu-, the coniiulKsloriers have
bad to stumble along with" uncertain
JiiidUig.Jtmi lutinJc.yieil lnxi.3 «.ilh tha.
■view of meeting jtopulnr deucind In
stead of ralslnrv revenues to meet tile
actual nseda ‘0 lha coanty. They
hate never beeii into luc d how they
< mild systematically reduce op-rating
costs to a minimum.
"I know of olic county 111 the slate
where lior.di v*ll. isguadgini' tin en-‘
axtniciii of the fiiiain <• net to fund an
accumulation of curfenf ifißltpdlmil
which will (tpiuirc a of ilea.-
ty rrntr rm the #tw to
TTTr-rvf■* Nr s|rtrtttt.-iin fn-ttitc; qt-r nmutat
eel iudebtedqesH for operating the
*«,UooU <»f ihe county was funded un
der pruvisious of tire s. luh>l law
.which require ; ,n animal tax rate of
*ls vents. A tax rate of -14 cents Is
the price the- taxpayers in rhat. county
lire having to pay for the mistakes of
‘tihil-Informed nelm,iiii*traUv« official "
"The only assurance for the pre
, ventien of deficits," Mr. Easterling de
I dared, "h strict adherence io the
adopted plan or budget, ntul this Is ini;, i
piisslhle without correct accounting as
a guide.” Y " -
Much of public (llsi-udsfacton with
| the administration at copnty uftairsc,
the speaker said, c«u lx* ascribed to
i Jack of inloriuntion on the pan of Un
it ax payers. Unless an adequate s>--
teni of .account mg U ih vogue, lie went
Nm. the taxpayers can go to the cou»
ty records for information hut comes
| Continued *>n page three
hydroplane F-AIQP, whil nade the first ship
to land delivery, >a shown above at it stopped
at Quarantine tor inspection. wrT 4 :
- tlAtsnistlsasl NswstmU . L
MEMBERS USING
CREDIT BURSAL
o- ■ !
Monthly hewK Bulletin of (ioldH
boro MfrrhuntH Aafwiution
A la Itwued
That the credit burAnu of the (l*l4s
horn Mt-ft-biHrts’ Aesoelallou Is helms
mi-d more generally by members is
yhodn In the figures of rating* fttv-
Iliahad foV the past month, as Mated
in the monthly nfwG~lni|letln of the
aysoclatlon now being distributed to
members listings of 175 people wee*
tnrrttshctt members by -the essoctattaw
Two hundred Inquiries for ratlnte
were received and L 6 Inquiries tor
ratings from other cities were for
warded. Fifty credit report* war* sup
piled association* in ether cities.
Members of the association «r*
urged to get acquainted with the
-tiling I'tlmcc.t here The follow
ing n"u* In lhe Bulletin muk'ee the
ttrgcsllonr
In Jmt a day# now our J 929
tuLiue- ni.u ket - will open. Wa Juifriv
from experience that our tobacco
appun lain our tnrr
chants on x the warehouse floor. Let’s
make it a paint Visit <*nr market
, n u t «t>|Mitiwr Ftqfes wau iSe ME
teapn irsm« inamhon run from Mov
->n l(» Dublin twiav
State Board ot Health Calls
Meeting Here, September 6
With a hop* of developing a more
uniform puctliV In itehnel work, the
State |'»;f Health has arranged
,i pin fiiay program lo ini given In,
tioldsh'fo on JHmi -day, September 6,
exclusively for health offlcnr* of the
nio*ll li«t'f rif the Sfatjfc/The me. ilnt:
he r ailed to order at 10:84 4. M*
at the County Health iropai luiuiil.
With the follow lug papuru;-
Pm school work of the Health Do
rarttnent, by Ur. Hull*. of
Halelgh,
Phyafchf Kx«mlnuHon of arltool
children, by llr. J. K, Smith of Wind
sor.
W ' "'J *•' *
Warsaw Youth Brought
iTo Hospital Here Has
Right Cheek Blown Oil
Human Fly of Movies
(s Visiting In City
W. V. dtrcflher, of B u Hywood,
Calif, the man who doubled fev
Harold Lloyd In "Safely Last.” Is
now visiting bis aieter, Mrs. U. F.
Winstead In Uoldsboro.
- Mr. and Mrs. Bt rot her have loan
spending sorae time here, and plan
to leave Friday by aulomtibll* tor
Chicugo.
Accompanying the movie actor la
his ilo£ T-l*k" who ha# also «p
--luiared iu a nun.bcr of pictures, la
"Safety latst,” Mr. Strother waa
the man who did all the batr-rais
ing Jmman fly stunt*. This has been
his speciality In the movies Mr.
Htrother was burned and reared In
Wayne county. -Y: Y—j
OHIO PRIMARY
WON BY DRYS
•• • ,w 1.,.
ewesyees—i— |g {
Anti-Saloon league Apparently
Nominates Both Democratic
and GDI* Candida ten
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GOLUMHUB. Ohio.. Aug. 18- -OF)—
The Anti Haloon lAiague apparently
has nominated Its Candidate for Gov
ernuEof Ohio on biMh the Republican
erd Democratic ticket on the face of
Incompleia returns from yesterday's
state primary, bui the G. 0. P. race
appeared so class tonight that *u of
ficial count may be necessary to do
tcrmlne Jhe result
Returns from sll bet one precinct
In the State indicated ihat Myers Y.
t'coper Cincinnati business men. who
carried tli#_4g£-Jesgu* endorsement
has agaiiFrecdved the Republican no
mination for govnrnor.
These returns gave him a majority
cf 5,569 over Congressman Janies T.
Begin of Handusky. his closest rjvsl.
Congressman Martin L.-I>aVty of
Kent, the League picked candidate for
governor «n the l>emo#ratlc ticket,
rfppasted to lisva woa a cogvlictn*
victory over Peter. Witt, Cleveland.
1 aeomplet* ret urns gave HIM ■ l**d
ul 26.009. ‘ ‘ - _ZU7—_
.. b • • • • ' ■
—LVFTItN KDGKt a*, Ao«. lA—UP)
—The iiomlnatlpn of Governor H*rvey
Psrucll lo succeed himself appeared
i nured tonight on the basis of re
turns from approximately Hire*
fourths of the precinct* In y**terd*ys
Democratic prim»ry. With return* In
frem most of the votlug centers, Par
m.l!, who waged an Intensive c*mp
pfm baeetl on defense of the present
$52,000,060 road program was move
Than t 5.060 votes ahead of hie wear-1
tt t trpjHne-nt. Wrouh* Hay*. 8# Ttsr
old lawyer. ' " *
Correction of phywlcal defectp In
tchool children, br ?
■N« w Hem. *»
Control of t’«mmpNfeiahle diseastj In
schools, by Hr. J. A. Norris of Ox
ford.
All papers to be freely dlacuiaed by
each health officer presents
:"W« are anxious to make tbla, an
interesting meeting for cooperative
c unity health officers, writes C. N.
f-isk, Director. la-partmeal of County
11 cullU Work exclusively with a
vie w lo having such meeting* occa
sional) throughout the year. "
MEMBER 01
VHE ASSOCIATED
PRESS
PRICE FTVH cum
TJnkmded” Gum Wm 1m HeMM
Os Junes Guy, Nfaw Yflun >A
Os A«t
INJURED BOY n NOAH
r m-A( KBtfRN, WHO 18 17
Guy Ud Find At Btockhm AM
Latter FadMd %
Window
Hlackburn, of Waroaw, ig the letsrt
victim of an ualendod gam. **
Blackburn WM brought ta Oplssr’O
Sanatorium yesterday with his rigid
cheek shot away, part of
cheek bon* mtoaiag toad tot lower
right eye Ud goao'lroak aa "asloaded?*
gun which had boon la tha hands 6><
Jams* Qny, t yoar old son of Walter
Lay- of Want*, : , -- Y : „ . .I*.
Barring evedtaalittoi. yoMg JNMtf
burn will rscovar, hat whoa ho geta
well- the right aUb of Mo fIMO Wfli
be a new on* for anrgoan ysistsHMT
tet about the Job kslldlggf tot 0
taka tha plant of tha om the "Mltof
ed* gun carried umy. Leokjow to MM
unwelosnM vtottor that tha surgeang
* Ire now sat ahowt gnardtog sgslasl.
Warsaw clUmm who hnaaght Ink
burn to the hospital ton aMaHI
how tha acvtdOM oeoartaA. Negh wm
pitssiag the wladaw as a tdaM hi
s*»h*i gun. Thf tnttsr palled Ugi
weapon np, pointod it M BlMkhnrh,
sad pulled tha tftggOr. Tha Vwaatla
h»va already heea Mg,
The gun waa mridsatty aag pshilgi
directly at Noah, aloa hto haag sranlß
have been Mown oft such w*a df|
■ losenos* of tha raaga. Aa tt was g
portion «f tha load loro through fete
a *o
face
Another Terstoa '
Since the shove wm wrtttoa Ghijf
ri Police H. ft. Mawttt of WM—W
ha* givoci Tha Nam ovar l*ag dtp,
(anc* telephone, another Tsrstaa
'be can*. "As far M I saa gata,” ta
said, "Thar* had base some rnahto
between the boys. It is saM that thf
Hg boy -Hlackbura— hag haataa tha
mtl# one. Later he wawt nroaad so
James' house. This to whaa thO
snooting'' took place.
The Warsaw chief WW that aa woM
rants would ha Isswad.
SAYS STATE IS
S AFE FOR SMITH
Joopto. DuKK CObn WHk
Govrmor Hnlth At Mu
•*o« In Aittjr
ALBANY, N. r„
Coot bluing hla con/orenoes with
prominent dry leaders of the party.
Cover nor Smith lata tetfy recalled
Josephus Dan let a. North CaroUaa
publisher, who predicted before jot*
Ing the presidential aomtaee that the
Boittl) would remain solidly la the Do*
awemto nnfaui weetmhir,
Mr. Han late who supported the
mans dry plank at the Hoaston c*e
i • ntlon, and later aaaoaaced he
would support Smith, was tho ameai
of the candidates callers in aa maay
days to hall from Southern dry rashaC"
Senator Carter Glass of Virginia, eon*
ftrrlng with him yesterday, *ad re
malned an eTeralght gassL Olasd
would n( >t comment regarding the
conference.
The former secretary es the Maty
submitted to questioning at the aap»
tutlve manalop before entering the
conference with Smith.
Entering Into n long dtacueolon M
political trends and needs, nssladi
declared that while there waa seme
unreal In the South over Salih’s pro
hibit lon views and aa maeh depend*
ed upon what he wopld say upon the
subject In hla acceptance ipitnh aa
neat Wednesday night, he hollered At
Continued an pape thro*