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VOLUME SEVEN; NUMBER 166
JONES COUNTY BOY CONFESSES SLAYING FRIEND
Youth Gives No Motive
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Except to State He Was
Blood Thirsty at Time
* Report, However, T>at Be Want
ed Job of Hoy Whom He •
Murdered
HELD IN CRAVEN CO.
JAll. PENDING COURT
Chris Trumbo savs He Shot
Johi Meadows to Death As
letter I .ay Sleeping
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NEW HKKN. Sept. ('umbo.
17 of Jones county, wm arrested here
last night ‘ about 11 o’clock at the
tiiatoa hotel, purged with the inurd
rf'of John Hiram Meadows 16 his
life lonic friend* *nd daily companion
the night of August 29. After a
(inference ln.it night with Solicitor D.
M. ('Lark, the boy submitted a written
confession that he had shot M<-adow»-
while the iaijer lay aslebp.
Tlie solicitor was murli gratified
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with the outcome of his conference
with the b(>y. For a longtime Gumbo
stuck' to his story denytnic all guilt
and implication in the murder. Be
j silse ot the hoys’ youth and • hi*
Mraightfnrward confession, however,
Mr. Clark stated this morning tHut he
would not, ask for a first degree, yer
d'et.
(‘umbo is now In the Crsvcn county
(all. Where he will be held until the
Junes' county term of ‘Criminal court
opens in Trenton September 17. In the
confession h» gave no motive for the
shooting, saying that he must have
been blood thirsty. It l»„ understood,
Uowsvar, that there had been some ar
gument and trohble between the two
friuds oyer a school truck. Cumbo
.desiring driving Job, JMld by Mead
»wa. ,
Meadows Id year old orphan hoy of
Trenton was instantly killed when
shot while asleep on hhi bed. Two
bloodhounds were used but c«i u ld pick
up uo trail. He was Ihrtpg with an
uncle, william Meadows and was
asleep on a bed with Bert Meadows
when the shooting took place
The identity of the assailant could
not be learned and the coroner's Jury
fulled to order an arrest. Solicitor
Clark went to Jones counay and start
<d an inyeatlgatfdu Thursday after
noon Continuing It Friday morning.
had to uravel several snags, as
there were several different dues on
which he was tofd to work.
Material assistance w*g given him
• by acting C,aron»r F. M. Jenkins of
Msyesvilie. Togetner they vlsted many
resident and places of the county
working on the mystery l.ast night
Mr. Jenkins brought the boy to New
Bern *nd took him lo the room of
Solicitor Clark at the Gaston hotel.,
A long conference took .place there
Finally Mr. Clark succeeded in draw
ing from him the whole story. Cumbo
Jslgned a Written confession. This is
‘n his own hand writing anil gives no
.•eason for the deed, assert ig that he
did not Intend to kill his friend. The
confession was made In the presence
of witnesses. v
Cumbo is being held In Jail without,
bond He lives between Pollocksvllle j
snd Trenton on the highway about !
three miles on this sld* of Trenton
i nd about a fourth of sf'mlle from th#
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Meadows home. He is said to be a
bright youth.
Get 4 Negroes And
60 Gallon Still Sat.
Four negroes are out under bonds
totallng£>.>l.*M)n for appearance for
trial of alleged violations of the pio
btbltloa''laws following a raid vhlrh
Deputies K»rnegny. Coker and Pre
cise made in Indian Springs y-ter.
day. A atxty gallon still was -fired
and 10 barrel* of beer poured out.
Hen- John and Will Greenfield were
arrested for manufacturing. A short
dienes away John Brew intr t-»•. and
IJily Richardson. believed t,o have
been Implicated In the operation of
the still, were arrested with l* pints
of liquor on a Ford c<Jiipe They were
charged with transporting.
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D IKRANT FOR f MIMS
ATLANTA. Go ~ Sept. K (/Pi--A
warrant for the arrest of C. S Carnes
misaiug treasurer of the Southern
Baptist Home Mission Board on
charge of cmbezxiement bas been is
sued by the municipal court. .
THE GOLDSBORO NEWS
READ IN THE MORNING WHILE MINDS ARE FRESH—READ BY BUYERS BEFORE THEY] RHYL
PLA ne<;ri is $
HURT IN KALI,
Mystery Surrounds Reported
fI F»H From Horse While .
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PARIS, Sept B—(AT—l*ola Negri.
fumous film actress, tonight was rest
lug more comfortably thun at w»-.
she fell fron. her horse
yesterday evening while riding. Al
(he American hospital it Was said
she had shown a slow improvement
during the day and tHat no crtxl*
Was expected tonight. It was indi
cated the actress hud been luEiienrd
the decision of physidiins Dial no
operation would be necessary tonight.
They were eTp*rled Jo make a. final
drelsl“n lomorrow.
While some mystery surrounded.the
exact character of her Injuries.. It
was said at the hospital thut no bones
were broken and there wo re no in
juries to the head. Injuries being sole,
ly to the body. Beyond this the au
thor! lls would give no Information,
tatiitg that their Stand was in
c rdance With the w ishes of the uc.
tress. From friends It was learned
•that there were times last irlghl when
they de<pairo(Pof ail hope for her life.
MBS. W.F. PARKER
DIES IN OXFORD
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Wan Alert her E. L. Parker and
StMler (rr ( hirf IVw and
Henry Tew
Mrs. W- F Parker, aged 61. died
at her home in . Oxford last evmtlng
following an Illness of two weeks,
according to Information received by
relative*.
Mrs. Parker was the oldest ,slster
of Chief of Police K. J. Tew and of
Henry Tew of the Handley Motpr
Company. t-b- L- Parker, bookkeeper
fur tlje Grant und Smith warehouse.
jp an only son of the deceased Her
husband and two daughters also sur
vlce Mrs. Hugh 1-ley of Raleigh and
Msr. Charles" Powell ot Oxford-
Funeral services will be held this
afternoon in Oxford and a party of
relative* and friends from Goldsboro
will attend the rites. The deceased
has often visited here and there will
be mußy who will learn with soilness
of her death- She was a devout mem
ber of the Methodist church.
801 FLY KB OFF
FKtIN RICHMOND,
RICHMOND. Va-, Kept- K (/Pi Joe
Garold*. 14, said to he tftr youngest
authorized airplane pilot in America,
took off shortly before noon today
7 1 niii Byrd airport here for New
York- He was accompanied hy G. K.
Sht;aly, of Charlotte. N.. (’., who ar
rived with him here last night from
Rockingham," N. C . ■ thov took
off shortly after noon yesterday.
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Much Bottom Land Flooded
As Neuse Reaches Its Crest
Hundred* of acre* of low lying
i farm lands In Fork township worn un
tier water afternoon n't tin 1
Ncuse rlnt approached tis flood crest j
! hearing the burden of waters fr"m the
watershed farther up the state. A
number of farmer* were drlvilii’'S»tock :■
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1 front the bottom pasture*.
The Steven* Mill road for a ouar
,l ter of mile or more about Fate's store j
[' n-na under water yeaterday afternoon,
I tht* depth ranging from a few Inch** ;
I I to three feet. Automobile* c°tild ,
' make the passage by proceeding very |
i cautiously and all who went through j
lifMwl drowning their motor. B»tur j
Id 'y afternoon traffic on the r«**d wa»
badlv Incoiivenlenced.
* Fairly y*«terd*y morning V. C.
, Sprit 11. dairyman, had been forced to
< Iflve some twenty thfe head of eat
-1 tie front river pasture land on the
i I’erkln* farm, near the Pute store.
At the State hospital for coWfed
Insane, Mr. Hedfvru, )u charge of,
TWKNTY PACKS TODAY
Will They Be Reunited?
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Will death reunite Ellin Mackay Berlin and her lather, Clar
ence H. Mackay? That, js question which the "4(A)" has asked ,
ever &ince the wife of popular aong writer hastened to bedside
of her dying grandmother, Mrs. johty W. Mackay, she who
queened it over society of the tnauve decade. The photo above
sliows the charming Ellin and tier baby daughter. Bottom,
L to r., Mr. Mackay and Irving Berlin, whom he bitterly op
posed as a son-in-law. ,
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Conuriuiiity Building Slarls
Its Fstll Program This Week!
To Reorganize Athletic Club and
Draiftiatir Club Early This
Veek
The fall schedule of activtics at the
M< tnurigi Cumndinity'Building will
,g,t under Oils wi k wilt* the
icvivial of the G'lhiahoro Atl.lcttc ilttb
V aynr Community Players, dramatic
tiHsoclation acqordtng to announce
meat-* by the presidents of the orgsnl
zatton*. The atlih't-es will gc- together
for their first mcetcig TefM.Hjr night
(he dramateers will { anvene on Thurg
’t'
•lay. * vtiiiliik' at 8 <> v' l k k.
Both of the org ■ u'zatioas cnjoytMt a
•pleiidld season la.vt y< »r. Biifintt' A
new feature at the hntlding. wet l over
with a bang. Sever .ll .ir.iaicur carda
were offered and without exception
nell attended. Home cl* luUdlng
ring men maiie their debi/. showing a
world of aggressiveness, pluck, aiuf
rteaming punches, even if they did
like a hit In techiqne. The club also
put out u basketball team which made
a credible almwinr. both in tlte coun
ty ieagn* and In contests with quin
lets from other cits*a.
Dramatics imam*' a popular #mtMo
mint at the Building last winter. The
•Wayne County Dramatic Festival un
covered some exceptlonal amateur tal
111 W two of tin plays hi Ing presented
in Its jrogrant enacting state wide
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furta operations, said that If the river
rose three feet mure that it would
be necessary to mere the hogs of the
institution to higher ground. Consld- *
■ruble acreage of the asylum plants
lion was underwater yesterday alter
noon. hut no serious damage had
’ten done to crops.
id the |>' ■ - I '. .id Mr. It'd
* nrn “P.ot on the wrong side of the
s**ter awhile ago, hut we made them
Wlra hail ' A close cr p ck was Iteu^'
I kept by business mSuac-r Purser, Mr.
i 'tedfearn, and all hospital authorities'
I n prevent damage to institution prop
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It was considered improbable that
ihe situation wonld become serious
!he rise of the river y* *terday was
scCctHHited for* by the rain* from Ha
l«tgh east during the la*t week. By
today sometime the flood will have
reached Its t reat, no rain having fall'
eu yesterday to add to the danger, (
GOLDSBORO, N. C. SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 9, 1928 TWENTY PAGK« TODAY
VETERANSNOT
TREATED RIGHT
Senator .Robinson Att arks Cool
idtfc and Harding For Ve
toing Hills
K.NOXVIIJ.K, Ttfntli, Sept- K (/P)- ■
The record of the Harding and Cool.
idg<> administrations toward world
war. veterfiu* was nttai ked here to
ulght hy Hciiator Robinson,' who d»-
cured thht the "elimination of poll. I
tlcal Influence tn the ' election of those
e urged with tpd - cure of veterans”
mid Inrpyitt,} condition*.
The Ihinocratic vs-e , presidential
nominee a"sailed Mr 1 iinlhlee for we- .
lolug ' the Soldiers Bonn- Hill nntl
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Httkl that Congress to It* everlasting
credit had enacted the measure Into
law over the objection of the chief
utlve
“Who will contend t-KTft t\ie 'presi
dent w»* right In vetoing the bouns
hill.” he asked. “Who -asserts that
( ingi t-S * did wrong In p.vsdn: It ever
hi* veto?”
"Every year glove adjusted com pert
*atlOn wn, enacted, the trte.mtirc has
had a large surplus Even those Who
wero nimble to .Te.ilft« the si ruined
hityin iul rlicuin ito under which I
-oim v« t. i uii* 4i.‘rn< a 'i in tie war
and were - compelled to fake up civil
life asairt bow admit that, to
secure Immediate employment- the
disarrangement of the soldier** art'alr*
during nJpcncc, the buslm a locsea
which b" mp nitty bud from
donment of private undertaking* jus
tify even more liberal provision* than
w i re actually made and condemn the
attitude of President- Hard tie nud
t'oofldgi toward' effort • for the
relief of veteran a harsh and uu.
I'OI’I I'll > IS II I.
fIO.MK. h- I'ope Plus XI ba*
< again taken 111 and papal audi -uces
liatfPhe.il suspended. It was rind
at tint Vatican today. Accordlax to 1
report t. he U suffering from arterlo
sclerdsi*.
M .UUlf FRK IHimi.S
HAN I KANiMHOU,CaIif-. Sept g.
Search wo - bolnjr < "iilintied today for
the lit; it* of three men believed to
; k t ■ i , 1 ii I m the til. W’T.idl tie
street pier 4s. Tbe charred body of
Albert Anderson, a bar." watehmaii 4
was recovered yesterday. Sixteen
, Bremen suffered minor injuries light
ing the blaM. .
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FLOODS CREEP
i UPONCALEDONIA
Damage of SIOO,OOO Will Renult
If Strained Banks On
. River Break
RAGFIGiI. Sept. 8 i/P) Uislng
waters’of the Roanoke River, already
jat flood iage. tentgbt t tire atoned to
, breakthrough an 8 mile dike at Cule
, 'tonta farm In Halifax county and
inundate 3,000 acres of growing crops.
Convict labor under th* direction
of state 4tighway engineer laoored
today pluggiug leaks which have oc
curred at several place* in th* dlk*,
, already weakened by two other floods
aiuce August 1. If the dike (ads no
live, will he endiiuitered, Georg* Rosa
Po«, prl ion Miiperlnteudeut said, but
4 haj-*siimat*d damage to crop* would
. exceed floOioOtl.’
The weather bureau Here predicted
the Roanoke would teach it* flood
* te«t late tomorrow at about 45 feet
It was standing at 37 feet, or 6 feet
above hank level tonight.
Ah the water* of the Roanoke were
riidug those of the Nwnsu and ("ape
Fear Rivers Which have been ul flood
i dago In Guide: n Caroling;, the past
, H iFe days were falling on up|»er
i '•iretche*. The Neuse receeded ? feet
at Smlthfield today but was still a foot
joqt of Its b«nk« tonight. Lee A.
Denson In charge of the bureau here,
; Mild the lower Neuse would probably
j rise a lltlte yet but no further dam.
age Is expected from It^
The Cape Fear reached it* crest at
Fayetteville early tbla morning at a
.little over 55 feet and hud fallen 10
Inches tonight, reporta received by
Denson said. ",
Thu Tar will rise tonight and to-
I tnorrow quill It reaches u flood crest
of 2< feet or 4 fe«-t over its tiauks at
i Tar boro Monday, it *h said-
WANTS WOMEN
- CAST BALLOT
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Chairman Baekoh Bointg “Whin
j iHTinif” (iempaiun Agairntt
Al Smith
NKW YORK. MepL B—oP)~John J.
Raskob, Democratic national chair
man. Issuing an uppcul to (he women
of the country to vote for Governor
i Alfred K Smith said; 1
“The woman's viewpoint h*« Im
[couie essential lo the peaceful au T
thorlty of the nation. <TM* viewpoint
can t*e translated P«fto national ac
tion only by exercise on the part of
the woiio-ijhy tiielr voting right In,
-the 1 election only 87 per cent
I *K the popular vote wg* registered by
the wou.en. More than half of the
w omen of yollng age did not vole
“A particular appeal Is being di
rected tilts year hy parties to
the women. The Democrats arc has
log their appeal on .the social wel
fare record of Governor Smith. His
accomplishment* in behalf of women
In industry. In tho fields and In the
apnioH. tho mothers and future moth
on'of our people, 1 1 Milfy to irD sin
< ere 1 <caid to the home "
j The Republican j iPnipglgn r
the women. Mr. Itihtjoih khmged
■'< on*l-*t. lar, ely of ciilitl* hisper
<<l Huagestlon largely of norial and
religious differen* es.”
Five Schools on Goldsboro
Circuit During Past Summer
The filth Hummer Bible school clo* j
til Friday morning »t Pine Konst ,
’1 iiese schools bare bee a made possi
ble by the assistance of Rev. W. F.
Shell of Duke University sent to the
Gold*boro Circuit by th# Duke romml*
.loti to assist In the tnrlulpg pro-,
(tram put on by the pastor. Schools
have been condui t'd al Daniel* f bap
el. Thompsons Chapel Bben**er,
Salem and l’lne Forest and th* < I**-
ln(C work of the summer will ho tho
Sail lit on school beginning Monday.
As teachers Mr Shell *nd the pastor
Mr. Brown have been very übly as
'■toted by Mr*. Jack Herrin*, Mm. 8
D«es, Mrs. J. M". Brock. Mr*. Kf»d
A. Co*. Mr*. John Mitchell* and Mr.
lames Starling. ■>
The total attendance of tho schools
1 reached 2HO slid Hit rledltit have b* u
issued. Cortlflcate* of credit were not
given to the little children below
school age nor to adults, there were
City Schools Re-Open
Tomorrow Morning And
Increase Is Expected
PLYWOOD ADDS
ANOTHER PLANT
Waterloo, Canada, Plant Will
He Equipped Am Plywood
Veneer Mill
clubs keep In conte.at with th*
Atlas JMywoud Corporation, according
to Ralph M. Buck. President has ac
quired up cash, and will tmulp aa a
pl> wou*l|a»*cr mill, p*6p*U|leH of the
Bedford f at
Watejjtxi (Jpiehec. This ,om '
pauy in a j|rategl( posit tart to obtain
new
duty of ipproxlmately parcent on
America! plywood products entering
Canada. jjf«.
The n»w plant la served by tha
Canadian Padfle and the Canadian
National Railways, nd Is cloa# to both
tier supply of hrd and koft weoda
and to Its market* lu Canadian indus
trial ccntsra. The main mill building
has Ifi.ftKi square feet of h»or apacl
»ud
Ur/ with a production rapacity of
tOttJHW square feet of plywood par
. '4
week.
Th* Ply Wood Corporation asvergl
months ago purchased th#
Manufacturing Company to Oolda
boro, continuing the e-wnuny utidar 1
Ur sain t personnel. Plywood la an |
eight million dollar corporation. Th#
last report of financial condition ahow I
ed heavy earnings during th* pant alx
month*. 0 . *
BLOCKED SALES
ON WILSON MART
AverajD* in GoWnhoro On Open
inj( Whh Better Thiin Kln-
Mton Average
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The opening averag* of the <3old*-
bero tohnceo market waa better than
the opening average In Kinston, com
l arlsoti of the official 4 report# by The
New* sliowsd yesterday. The *v#rags
tor Kinston the opening day was 11.19
while the average ri>r-Geld*boro waa
81.28. The average for the Week ha*
h*-en as good as any market In tbs
Felt- ...
terday guarding agatjst a blocksd
sal# h*re Monday. 7t Is their inten-
Goldsboro Warehousemen w»rs yss- 1
thin to m*ke It possible for the farm
era to sell here th* same day that he
rearhe* the market. »
Wilson experienced blocked sales
Friday and over KOO.oftO pounds of to
bacco were on the floors of th*
hcuse* from Friday night, not having
been sold that day. That means
that son into pounds will get first sal-1
is tomorrow. Farmers who were as j
set led by the block had either to re-1
turn to their Ir inas »r to spend three 1
tight- and two d*y* in Wilson await
Hit: ‘NiJ* < Congested conditions wer«
reported- from oth«r market*.
I IK6 children below school age and
adulls that attended the** school*.
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Test Boo* an Origimil Stady
The. most unique thing about the
icfiool.i this summer aside from get
ting * school across In the peak of n
busy tobacco season was the original
i acini' made text bonk used. Before
the school several weeks Mr. Shell
and Mr. Brown work'd day »nd night
ttt a little thirty page mimeographed
{ext bonk w ith.' studies 111 th# Gospel
hv at Mark. Ten thousand pages
' v.ere tnlmegraphed on attractive col
ored schools and the work w*s hand
illustrated by Mr. Brown. Three
hundred books were mad# and they i
have been the secret of the success of j
th# schools. Th* schools w#r# *l,l of j
five days In duration and th# uttsnd \
aim grew siei<dt|j)r from the very first
o*y. Every child stwm'd. to take a
very kee delight In completing the
| little study book and making a c«rtl
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MEMBER 01 .
THE ASSOCIATED '
PRESS d *
PRICI FIYR CBNTR
own w
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Superintendent Armstrong I#>
much Notice to ParmU
Os City f |
WORK PLANNED AT , „
• MEETINGS SATURDAY
Primary Schools To Dhabi At
Eleven O’clock on Monday *
And Tuoaday *
Tb« Guldaboro city school will
launch the IBSS-0 Mtmtoa tomorrow
morning with an Increased slfeadaaag
for every school.
City Superintendent Ray Armairoag
yesterday afternoon issued the folloW /
,ng ' notion t» parents" and urged that
they read It carefully before the chll
d<tn start for bchool Monday. y
"The Primary eehoole will dismiss »
at II o'clock on Monday and at twelve
each day for the remainder of lha
llrst Weak.
"Children nnslgned to the fourth
>nd fifth grade# are asked to report
at 1:46 Monday morning at tbo Q ram
mer school Auditorium.
"children is the slith nod i«vm|h
g> adee nr* asked to. report at BtgS.
If theu hours are sheer red. time will
b» eared end contaetoa avoided.
"High school pupUa will report to
the High School Auditorium at iMlft
Monday morning." , , •'sj
Practically all of the teachers as
the system ware hi the city T—frdgT
for meetings preltmlaary to tho school
| v*rt tomorrow. At It o'clock yimr
) day naming the prtaclpals at Ike
vsrtoue schools presided over sessions
*of the tehchef at kt reopeettre
•ehoolg. The work tar the pear ami
ts Iked over Yesterday aftomoee tfchre
wee a general meeting at the gram
mar grade auditoriaA With BapL
Armstrong In charge
GANGLAND IS
AGAIN SD ENT
Police Have Little But Ttoct*
After KiUinc Os
lA>mb nrS
CHICAGO, Sept. —The omla
ous silence of gsngland—tavnrtnhly
the aftermnth of gnag esecutiona—
tonight hid the direct motive lor tho
elnyliig yesterday a Mock from
“world’s busiest corner” of They
Lombardo, gang leader. The polk*
however, had half a dosen plausible
theories, any one of which might ee.
count for the tlnylag of f ninhnde
and the wounding of one of hla t#o
body guards. ~
At least one. man was being sought
In the belief that he maybe one of
the assassins Who shot Lombardo nod
his companion In tbo beek and than
tied through tho hundred! of startled
people.
I The most plausible theory was that
j Lombardo was killed by the powerful
Aiello gang, rivals for tho aortholdo
liquor business, ae well as supremacy
Id Italian organisation "Tough” Toay
retailors, member of tbs Aiello rtg£
was the mao nought. •> *■
The other theory moat often con
sidered was that liOtnbardo's death
was In revenge for the mysterious
slsylog two months ago of Freak Tala,
Brooklyn gangster.
PRESIDENT TO S
START MONDAY
Total of 600,000 Words Filed Bf
Reporters About Hip
Vacation 'j
SUPERIOR, Wla., Sept g—CUV* °
Although President coolldge, during
his tfyree months In Wisconsin, has
mw varied from bis practice of saying
little, much has been said about him
||> the press associations and ep«-
;( UI correspondents. Approximately
<IOO,OOO words have been sent out hr
wire from Superior.
The total hi leas than halt the
* amount scut from the Black Hills last
summer when the president Issued hm
famous "I do not choose to run” dito.
ment. containing IS words. Vhghty,
thousand words were sent out jhit IMS
| alone from Rapid CUy, 8-