WEATHER
Generally Fair Saturday and Sunday
Somewhat Warmer Saturday
VOLUME SEVEN* NUMBER 165
BAILEY TO OPEN CAMPAIGN HERE ON SEPTEMBER 19
Gardner and Daniels
Will Appear Locally
Before Election Time
County Headquarter* Are Open
ed By W. A. Oeen at IIS
i’rofetwional Building
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LARGE PICTURES OK
CANDIDATES OFFERED
Mr. Dee* I’leads With Democrats
To Get Both Side* of The
Queation
With th* opening of County Demo
c-atlc beedquarera at 115 Professional
buUUlng yesterday, Chairman W A.
Dee* announc'd that Josiuh WllMam |
lialley of Raleigh will launch Uw
< umpaign her* Wednesday, Septem
her 19. wllh an addr'a* at the court
house. Cl. Max Gardner, candidate for
governor, and Josephus Daniels of
Raleigh will In all probability speak
0 here late In th* campaign.
Headquarters In the professional
building will be in charge of a secre
tary. and Dees, will spend con*
tlderable of his time there. The office
fr on the same floor where is lo
cated hi* law office
v "We are opening th* office" said the
county chairman “with the Idea of
haring a central and convenient place
to which Democratic m'n and women
rrn come for any information they
want relative to the campaign. The
office will belong to the Democrats
of th* county and w* want them to
make it ‘their headbuarters Publicat
ions issued hy Ihe various campa'gn
departments over the country will be
available at the office.
“I want to utter a word of caution
right here, and to plead 'with the
Democrats of the county not to m>k«
up their minds or to pledge themself
es to any efTort at the party until they
haveheard both aides of the ques
tion."
Available at the office now, Mr
Dees said are large pHbtogrsphs of O.
Max Gardner candidate for Governor,
and of Alfred R. .Smith, candidate- for
presidents
The hour for th# address of Mr.
Bailey h*« not yet been fix'd, but- It
will be so arranged as to be conven
ient to the greater number, probably
In the evening. The Raleigh man has
long been a force In North Carolina
politics, bcglnlnng In the dsys when
he was editor of the RlbHcnl Record
er. H# Is one of the most captivating
“of the orators who are this fall giving
their servW#* to the party.
Candidates Meet September 15
fifing for the county canvass will
he made wl^imie'ting of courtly can
mdatea and rhalrtqnn of the varlons
districts in the courthouse at noon
Saturday, September 15. The canvass
will this year. Mr. D'e* explained, be
emphasised more than in several
years Not only wifi the candidates
and local workers visit the various
voting place, but It is Intended that an
outside speaker of reputation shall he
on hand to address the .we-i-ns;. De
'lnlte plans for the canvass. h< wever,
await Ihe asemhling of tfialrtnen and
'- candidates on September I*.
Chairman Deys des feflnite assur
anee, he told The N»w>. f m State
Chairman Mull thnt O. tin Gardner
will appear here during Dm »; irpalgn
It l» practically assured that Joseptiu
Daniels editor of the Raleigh New*
and Observer, and ex-secretary of the
navy will also come to Goldsboro to
talk to the Democrats.
New Jersey Labor
Is For AI Smith
ATLANTIC CITY, Sept. B A
resolution endorsing Governor Alfred
E Smith for president was adopted
by the State Federation of Labor to
day.
Although nearly two hours of de
bate preceed'd the vote, the resolution
was adopted with but few dissenting
votes. Cheering followed the announce
ment of the vote. The resolution slat
ed that the Democratic ,
»as endorsed solely on hia 10W pet
cent stand In favor of labor.
THE GOLDSBORO NEWS
READ IN THE MORNING WHILE MINDS ARE FRESH—REAR BY BUYERS BEFORE THRU' HM-
NEUSE RIVER “
NOW FALLING
Reached Depth of 22 Feet or 7
Feet Out of Banks At
Hmithtield
RALEIGH. Sept. 7—(JPi~A* flood*
of the Cape Fear, Tar and N'utte riv
ers In Eastern North Carloiu* tonight
were near ihelr creat, the weather
I ggLsu here Issued warning that the
Roanoke river tomorrow will go out
of Its banks for its third flood since
August 1.
The Roanoke flood will be less ser
li.us than the first two, fttrecaat Lee
Denson, In charge of the bureau. The
river will be 40 feet deep or ten feet
over Its banks at Weldon by Sunday,
It* said, and for the third time this
summer the crop aTca tong the Roa
noke lowlands will be underwater.
Plate highway number 40 probably
will be flooded n-'ar Roanoke Rapid*,
he added.
The Cape Fear was 55 feet at Fayte
trville of 20 fret over Its banks when
It reached Its flood crest late today,
The r(ver was falling tonight, How
ever, the water will rise at Elisabeth
town on the lower Cape Fear until
they reach 35 feet tomorrow, Denson
predicted. The rive# was 33 feet ,
tonight.
The Neuae after reaching a crest of
22 feet at Smltbfield today, wag Tall-,
lng tonight.
Though reports from Rocky Mount
•aid the Tar was fulling slightly to
night, Denson basing hts forecast on
from hlgcr up the river, predict
ed that the waters would continue to
riae until the rlyer reached a depth
of 22, feet or 4 feet above ltg banks
*t Tarboro, Monday."
Little damage from th* high waters
except to crops has been reported,
I'air weather was predicted for tomor
row.
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ROM AX KILLS AGED MOTH KB
CHICAGO, Bcpt. 7— (A 3 )—They are
holdlugNtlss Adelaide Bradley 4J v for
the salylng of her 76 year old mother,
Mr*. Constance Bradley.
“Voices lit the window told me tb*t
mother was to tie kilted." the daugh
tet told police. “I didn't want“anyone
to kill her. so I killed her."
A physician told officers that Mis*
Bradley had been under his care for
many month* for treatment of a ner
vou* disorder.
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’ WILL TOTE FOR HOOVER
WASHINGTON. Bcpt. 7—The
of Tennessee's farmers., will / vote
Tor Herbert Hoover for president, re
gprdbxs of Wh*t their husband do.
Mr*. Rrulah .Hughes, Repuliean Na
tional committee-woman fr°ra that
*tal<- announce^ at Republican head
quartets today.]
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MURK.III JOINS
WASHINGTON. Sept. 7~(JP)' Nica
ragua today signified it?* Intention to
t.dhere to th« Brlasd Kellogg anti
war treaty.
Board Makes Number Changes
In Game Laws North Carolina
Wayne county hunters were yest*r- :
day 'urged to fi-miltarlso
with the changes in the gam*' law*
ot the state as adapted by tt|e State
Hoard of Conservation and Jtevelop
ment under authority conferred by
the 1927 General .Aasembly.
Among the points noted were that
the open season for squirrels does
not begin until October 1 this year, in
the Eastern District instead qf Sep
**
tember 15 as last year und the open
season on wild turkey has been mo?‘
.1 from November 1 up to December
1, In (hr East and cloaed
In the West.
The complete changes under resolu
tion* passed by the board:
1. That the season on doe (deer) be
closed throughout the state of North ;
SALES AND AVERAGES ARE IMPROVINQ
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Tlrtd of Ruth’s nolo high flying, Lyle Wotnaclc, husband <4 t.hc
beatßfftt! Miss Elder,-is going to file suit for divorce, he an
nounces. At Balboa, Canal Zone, where he is employed hy the
government, the pretty Dior’s husband icts it become known he
will charge “cruelty" in hit- action. f’ifoto above shows
and Ruth upon occasion her triumphant return to United
States; below, the aviatrix in her Dying helmet
Ukitrnatlonil llluairaiwl »•»■> ,
GATES IS BOUND
OVER TO COURT
Formed Vitcher for Mantifac
turerw Charged With Robbing
Man W ho Aided Him
John 0. Gat** charged with having
ield up and roblw-d I#«n Oodhy, radio
ii(»ii of the t.’nlted States Navy, be
tween ahd Oxford, vra#
.-Ivcn' a h aring In 11. uilct-i ;i and
•mund over by Recorder A, E. Clem
entp to the October term -of Vance
Superior court under 11,000 bond.
Early In May' Gat-.'* was a member
(if the Goldsboro Manufacturers.
‘'vQates was arrested In Durham as
ter Atwtyrew* reported to pollFc that
he bad been bckl and robbed by
-,h« man after giving him a ride from
Philadelphia, Andrews flagged a bus
, ml got to ftendersop. reporting the
affair to Durham police.
Andrews w»t<‘h. clothing and car,
alued at SSOO and sls In motley,
were taken by G*te*. Andrew* report
cd. Gates it was understood wag at
;«fnpting to communirat* with his
father, who It is said, lives in Graham
(Continued on Pace Fonrt
(Catalina for u period of five years
that lu cases yf violations of this
law the burden of proof-shall be on
the liunter to show that he killed a
iucV.
2. That Vhc state of North Carolina
U- divided Into two districts
as the Western District and the Hast
ern District. Tho Western district
,hall be us follow's: Caswell. Orange,
Chatham, Moore, Hoke and Scotland
and all counties west of these aud
that the Eastern District shall con
tain all bounties east und not Included
to the Western District.
S, That th<- open season on buck*
(deert In the Western District shall
from November 1 to December
>f each y< ar. ,
1 „■ Continued on page three
GOLDSBORO- N. C, SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 8, 1928
HOOVER STAND
. IS AMBIGUOUS
Such in Declaration of Sen. Rob
inaon As To (».<). I’. Nomi
hee On Prohibition
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CHATTANOOQafce Tenh . Sept. 7
(A 1 ) —Herbert Hoover's utterances on
prohibition were fired upon tonight
„hy Benator Robinson wlu> declared the
Republican *l:«inl»rd bearer could
have "readily relieved the subject of
any ambiguily by a frank statement
such as has been made by Governor
Smith.
Mr, R.obinsou s*>d that "national
prohibition had not been made an
lisuc by either ilte Republican or
Democratic platforms as both declar
id for etiforci ment of eglalting laws
on the subject and that Mr. Hoover's
nfefj-nre to tli subject of n.iodifcatlon
require-, explanation.
Defining hi* own position on prohi
bition as a supper of all "Important
prohibition measures brought forward
curing my service* in both lipuses of
Congri > i." Idr. Robtn*ou said Hoover
:n replying t.> thv'luestionalrc »ent
. i;t last wlntef- to prospective candid
:!e - lie S.-nat- r Jtor»h of Idaho had
declared against repeat of the ISth
amendment but 'omit* all reference
to the question of modification”.
■ "llii charm t<-risatihn of national
a an ecouomie ••rpyrl
must be worked «u‘i"dbn
,t! ui *lv<-io ' tiie Hcnator continued,
• in, provoked much discussion ss to
the meaning of the candidate. ’’
Ampie. opportunity was afforded
'.'r. Hoover to make clear hi* me*n
Ii ral consense of opinion- »fim» to he
that he failed to d« this His reference
to the subject of modification re
quire* explanation.”
ATLANTA i/P) A tiagh at S«V
..nuali mi tiie evening of fleptomber It*
has been added to the campaign llin
t try of Senator Robinson of Arkaa
*n. m sptieum ement from the offic
es of John R. Slater. "manager of the
party's national ( uiipaign in Georgia
'ta»d today. a . m.
GANG LEADER
SHOT TO DE ATH
Shooting Takes Place Within
Block of ('hicago’M Butaev l
: Conner
- CHICAGO, Sept. 7 —<4f*)—Chlcalto’s
t&thtng gangland again erupted to
night— thla time fu the heart of the
i»op at the height of. the rush hour. 1
The lutest flare tip yoet the life o*
Tony Lombardo, president of 'tha
t'lilou Slelll*nu. ap worefut gang
leader and intimate friends of “Bcar
lace Al” Capene,
Shot down beside him was a body
kunrd, Joseph Ferrara, who probably
will die. Both were shot In th* back.’
Ju-t a hin<At from State and Madison
street the burlest corner In th* elty.
Another bodyguard, Joseph lxriordo,
Reel fro ml he assailants but was cap
tured hy poltcs. |>
Thoiuaud* witnessed the shooting
while on their way home. They pass
ed afoot, In automobolles, street ear*
end busses. Fortunately uoua was hit 1
by the fussilade. |
Crowds swarnKd to cover and th#
cireets were cleared save for tb* bod
ies of the gang chief and his llanten
,mt.. them lay two pistole drop 1
ped hy ihelr assailants. Lolordo had ,
bceu marked sor f 4»ath since last year
when he reuonced allegiance to th* I
Allla gang and alltd himself with '
Capone.
Upon Lolordo'a body was foupd sl,-1
077 in currency. A bank book showed
deposes or $25,337. His belt buckle'
was **t with 41 piamonda. forming!
tRS Intttsl T. L.'
In oaeh of his coat pockets was’
found sn automatic' pistol. Neither had
been flredt F«rrara alio carried an
unflrcd gun. Neither had had an op
portunity to fight. t
SEIZE CACHE
OFMORPHINE
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I-argent Amount Dope Ever
Taken in KCAte Diturovered
Near Durham
DI’RHAJf, Sept. 7 OP)— Probably
the largest capture of iMiotlag jnor
pblne ever made in thla vicinity was
found here today, when Federal agenta
rslsed a each* about 7 mile* north of
the city. A neatly drawn map bf the
,oration, found on the person of Mrs.
f
Bertie Pendergrass, who was releas'd
Irorn up! here last Feck, when the
grand Jury fail'd to return a true bill
of Indictment against her, led to the
capture. * •
The morphine, said to have a re
tail value of $30,000 was found as the
may Indicated lodg'd In the top of a
ttee about 50 yards from the Durham
Roxboro highway. It was wrapped
carefully in foil and oil cloth In alum
inutn containers. SJollce said It belong
id to Joe William* and Carl Anderson
alleged head* of a narcotic ring era
bracing most of the Important South
eru cities and connected with dope
centers In the north, who. were ar.
•est'd In-re |*st Tuesday. r
City Should Have Credits
$24,000 For Postoffice
The book* of the treasury depart.
Hunt of the Pulled State* govern-';
meat should show appropriation* of j
Home li’t.'too for uddiliona and Im
provements to the Goldsboro pnstof,
lice grantei? but not yet , It wai j
recalled yesterday with the announce- ,
meat that the new annex to the •ITV#
ih complete with the exception of
paint Inn of lock boxes.
Announcement matte from
At unlilnrtoo by <ffngrt«Hinii»_Cj'»a. ]„
Abcrnethy more thbn a year ago that ,
a of s3o.tKh> bad been approprl- i
ated for Improvement* In the office
here. These were to be
li’O.tHlo each during two yearM Such !
wna the ilnnouncementa made hr ('on
Kreavman Abernethy, acting upon In- i
formation mipplled him. and that *hese
appropriation* went promised fur the j
SAMPSONIANS
AWAIT HOEY
Shelby Man Fircn Bin Gun At
Count ts Convent ion In
Clinton X od *Y
CLINTON. Sept. T-* Hon. Clyde R-
Hoey, of Shelby. Is expected to "eet
off" the Democratic fire works 1»
(Sampson county Saturday of thla
week with an addrta* at th# eourt
house at 11 o’clock. Mr. Hoay’e *d
dreas will precede the county Demo
cratic convention, which will be held
lu the court hous* hero, beginning at
1 oTlocii Saturday afternoon
Th* Shelby n.an la conceded to be
■ one of the" very best platform speak
ers -In North Carolina aull Sampson
County Democrats ar* slated over the
I feet that they were able tn secure Mr.
Hoey for an address her* as n etnrt
,cr for the 1928 campaign. Owing to
Hoay’e reputation a* an orator,
he will doubtless be heard hern by a
large audience- ,
I Mr. Iloey ha* been active tn the
| campaign for weeks, having
I already delivered addresses In varl.
ou* part* of th* state. The Cleveland
county etateaman is a staunch *up
, porter of Governor AI Smith, the
Democratic presidential nomine*, and
hts address her* likely will deal large
ly with the national ticket-
The Sampson Democrat* will nom
! luaie a complete county ticket, ln
! eluding n candidate for the etat* leg
j Islatnre, at the roavaatlon Satorday
' uftermxip. Primaries were bald In lb*
.various praelacta last Saturday after
inoon, at .which time delegate# to tbo
I county convention 'were named- fn
' dil ation* ar# that every township wilt
send delegates to the convention.
INFANT KILIFiD
IN AUTO WRECK
Two Nash < ouuty Ncmroca HcM
in Jail Uendintf In
vealigatkm
ROCKY MOITNT, Sept. 7—(JP)—Tba
infg*ut child of Rev. and Mrs. D. >.
Dempsey of Spray was almost In
stantly killed Ist* today when off nn
tomoblle occupied by two negroes col
tided with the car driven hy the min
h.ter between NashvlU* knd Spring
Hope on route number 90.
The negruee were lodged in tha
Nash county jail pending Investiga
tion. Officers said liquor Could be
infill'd on the breath of both.
The parents of th* child and anoth
er occupant of the car was unhurt
Rev. Mr. Dempsey was enrout# to
Windsor, where his parents reside,
ant where he expected to conduct •
revtvlsl.
North Carolinian I&
Killed in Plane Craah
CLEVELAND, Ohio., Sept. 7—OP)—
The b»dle* ofuG'orgn Htowell and J.
C. Mcrrlmuii,' killed in an alreplan*
crash at the municipal airport her*
> t sterdsy, will pe *»nt to their former
borne* for burial. Stowell'a body will
. be taken to Kallamasoo, Mlcb., and
■ that of Merriman to Draper, N. C.
building lnr» »-ae- nub»tantlat*d by
Postmaster Slmkln* yeatarday.
The annex now being completed.
howAer, waa erected at a coat of ooly
, $16,000. Thla should leave a credit
,of aome $4.0n0, It waa pointed out,
't°r the appropriation of one year.
The other appropriation promised for
i the building haa hot been touched.”
j While the unnea being completed
; here provide* additional apace long
needed by the office, further addl
i Ilona and enlargement are nee W, It
l »‘a* aaid, and these would be po»
I *'We If the appropriation. reo>t'<vl
jft on the poatofftce department u iw.
n granted were forthcoming. News
however, I* that Goldsboro will not be
aUe to ahare In building approjria
jtknu at present.
MEMBER 01
THE ASSOCIATED
PRESS »#
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PRICK iIYK Cm
About 275,000*
Lbs. Are Sold
' Here Saturday
Muck Sena Tobacco Cmllwn^
To Bo OVarod And HoW* .
Dtwa Avorag*
GOOD WEED AV BRACED
FROM II TO M CENTO
WarohouooMM Ex poet At
Floor* Wit) bo Coeorod; Gourd
Aguluot Block Buko
Hslo haring slackened IU down pong
for tit* first d*r In **ron. th* Ooldr
boro tobacco market yesterday had MO *
higoMt «Ur alac* tb* opening op
Tuesday. Sal** approximated m.MO
pound*, bringing th* total for
week to about 100,000.
Arwiga war* aooMwhat high ad
yaatardoy, but thor* ooaUaood aaeb
»elllng of rary I** grad* wood. Stuff
that brought a* low a* 91 a buadrod
told l*rjt*ly ta k**plac down tlw or*
•rag*. That th* faraaora ara aot tfk
iag seriously tb* suggasUoa of that |S
•ad udder grad* tobooaa b* takfot
bom* aad a*ad tor fartllloar raUbop
than aold *a tb* awkd wag ahawp
by tb* Bunicroua pllaa *f tbla e*f*p
tobacco off* rod.
flood dry, high quality waod aatf
her* yesterday, ararapad aroood IP
who ■ '
tb* Heron HflLpka aiidtpo, rpjEloted
it a* ring flpf (be noldsbp* e*lao
war* outatygkg tbooa IP- yUa*a.
qiftiled aa thO
tale* tb*r*. what I aa* aaalog right?
uotr o* tb*a* floors la tb* b**t «f tbo
d*y.‘’
Warehouseman axpagtod that arttb
thg fair weather praoila*d far thd
week end, that Monday M«ld brtog
enough waad ta tb* as*rk*t h*r* OP \
fill lb* floor* of all thro* haaaaa.
They again yrotetday *opgdul
th* alogan of tb* awritet “Sal** tb*
tam* day of arrteal," aad this wpf
continue, they *a!4 to bo tb* oidar
throughout tb* s*o*o*. <3* ' ■
Blocked mU* la a number of tbo
larger market* war* being gaardad
•gainst h*ro. ti,
M’NINCH STARTS
ANTI CAMPAIGN
Speech in Cterkitc Nlfkt of
Septcpibor IS WIU gtprt
Tbh»*p }
f'lUßUom, s*pt t —im *bf
Carolina Anti Smith wooHtiq
now organised headquartered / and
r*gdy for tb* fray. (Ufptpto action
today, with Prank R. McNlncb. chair
man, directing th* attack from tb*
romratttae’s four office* *n tb* Ttk
floor of the law building h*r*.
Th* opening speech will b* mad*
n Charlotte the night of S*pt«mb*r -
if. Mr. MeNinch wan choMa by th*
committee la RaMgb t*
fir* tb* opening gap
forty rountle* la tki *tat* aro aour
organfktng l local dab* and tk*t caar
paig* will be kept ap until th* wttn
•t*t* i* ooT*r*d, h* aid Senator SUa
men*, was not at th* masting yaoter*
day, but *ent greetings so th* 4p_
present, M< Nlnch said.
Seriously Injured Wfceft
Hit by Passenger Train
fiRKKNSBORO. Sept T—(**— AP
unidentified man b*ll*a*d to b* ■. W.
Camper of Lynchburg. Va.. from pafr
nr* found oa hi* person waa struck *
and seriously Injured by aa Atlantia
and Yadkin pa***ngor train la th*
yard* h*r* today. H* was earftad to »
hospital where authorities said It Wop
too early to determine tb* *xt*p| •( „
I u Juries.