p* WEATHER
Mostly fair Bandar Monday lac rear
lag cloudiness probably followed by
rain in South portion.
VOLUME SEVEN; NUMBER 171
FEAR HURRICANE MAY CONTINUE WTO FLORIDA
Tens of Thousands Are
Left Homeless in Wake
' OlTropicalWindStorm
Red Cross Acts to Save Stricken
Regions From Starvation
And Disease
SAN JUAN, PORTO RICO.
IS GREATEST SUFFERER
Scant Communications Prevent
Any Accurate Check U|ion
Number of Dead
(By Associated Press)
The tropical hurricane that has
spread deaolatiou across Porto Hico
ihe eastern shore of Banton Domingo
apd the Virgin Islands, leaving (be
threat of famine and disease In Its
wake was raking the Bahanua Sat or
day and waa due, unless It should
chance Its course or blow ttseif out,
to strike the Florida Coast Hun i.ty.
The weather buread Jleid that such
a change of course. In either direction
might occur today when the storm
we« due to reach Naseat:. A swing
to tbs west would ssnd the hur'Dane
between Cuba and the southern lip of
Florida. with possible daman to the
Cult States, snd a curve is.vtwnrd
would point It upward toward the
Virginia Capea or completely out Into
the Atlantic.
Thin waa the fourth day of the
hurricane and it was proceeding with
undlmlnlahed fury along its trail of
.deatructlon. Friday night it passed
over the British -West Indies, destroy
mg shipping and earning wholesale
damage ashore, and yesterday it was
raising havoc throughout the aputhern
branch of the Bahanams.
Tens of thousands of Inhhbl'ant*
pf the stricken Islands wars borne*
less Countless housas and buslnetk
buildings were laid waste before the
on slaught of the storm, described In
dispatches as ons of the moat deatruc
five In the history of the Carribean.
Appeals for assistance said that re
lief must be aent at once If famine
and disease were tn be everted. The
stricken population. It was said, cou’d
obslit for a few days qn available
food but when that was gqne.f would
be fa«ed with imminent starvation.
The Amerloan Red Cross approprlat
ed an additional 130.000 for relief pur
poses and dispatched a trained relief
crew on a naval ship from Charleston
8. C.
Communication with the ravaged
area was still scant snd it wap liftpos
»ible to tell to what huge totals the
list of property damage-and loss of
life might eventually rise. But It waa
known that the death total would run
. high. \
The Him at a Glance
♦By Associated Press)
San Juan. Porto Rico—Seventy per
rent of tie beadtlful capital's oomaa
and 40 percent of Its business build
ings believed destroyed.
•Ponce. Porto Rlrrt—Ten dead. 700
homeless. Extensive damage, although
Ponce apparently not to hard hit m >
Ban Juan.
Humaco, Porta Rico—Thirty dead,
widespread damege .
Nassau—Shipping ordered to an
chorages in expectation that fnl'fhg
barometer foreaents arrival of the big
wind
Rt . Croix. Virgin Islands—Hundreds
homeless.
Ban Salvador—Stiff Northeast gale
I lowing this afternoon over the island
Columbus discovered.
Turk Island. British Went Indies—
Two schooners damaged, reports
lost with all hands.
San Domingo—hull Line freighter
driver ashore yesterday. ,
* . 1
AitH-Venin Rushed to
Kinston Last Evening
Antl.venin from the Wayne county
health department was rushed to
Kloeton last night for Miss rvtna
Moore of Fort Barnwell, bitten by a
snake yesterday afternoon. The antl- (
snake bite remedy waa aent to Kin.
stpn by the night train, the call hav
lug.come as a&out the time the train
was leaving. Tbs News was told from
Kinston last night that Mias Moore
reacted favorably Immediately upon
receiving the vaccine. The snake that
bit her was not regarded aa the dead
ly poisonous variety. On Friday an
other snake bite case occurred In
Winston. but antl.veain fog that case
waa available In Kinston. | .
THE GOLDSBORO NEWS
BEAD IN THE MORNING RHILE MINDS ARE FRESH—READ' BE BUYERS BEFORE THEY Bim
V “ * * , A ■ J> *
CAROLINA TO
OPEN MONDAY
- u -
Freshmen Report Three Days
Ahead of Upper o 1
( InMumen (
CHAPEL HIM,. Kept Ik—The Uni
veruity of North Carolina will open
the doors for Us 1.15th session on
Monday when the new men will arrive
lor the activities of Kwlunsn Week
The upperclassmen and post graduate
students wtl register on Thursday,
and class work will begin on Friday.
The' total enrolmrnt for the fall
quarter la expected to be 2700 or
more. The freshman class will probsb
*y total #OO. or more. The enrolment
lor the year probably wilt set a new
record.
c
The first thing on the program for
the freshmen Monday la a phywican
examination to determine what, if any
phyalcal defects, the men have with
the view to remedying them. The frenh
men will report to I)j-. I.uwh iii at the
gymnasium.
The new men will hold their first
assembly at B:3ft o'clock Tuesday
morning when they will meet In item
orlal Hall for organisation Into group
by rcunselorfe. The remainder of tho
day will he devoted to Indl'Vttat con
ference with the counselors, physi
cal examinations, Library tours, and
ron.'erem-ea with the Deans Th * Eng
lish placement tests will take place
at 88:30 o’clock Tuesday night.
tworegistrars
ARE APPOINTED
Will Serve At Wardtt 1 and 2
Booths in Place of Two
Resigned
** .I. »■» ■■ to ; I
Appointment of two new registrar# 1
tor Goldsboro votlug places to take '
the place of two resigning, waa an- I
nrunced yesterday by George Vann, 1
chairman of the Wayne county board 1
■of elections
Q. C 4 Kornegay was named regiat 1
rar for Goldsboro wkrd 2—the court 1
house taking the place of W. C. 1
Crawford, resigned.
George SasAer waa appointed regls *
trar for Goldsboro ouber I—Spence .
Motor company—taking the place
D. L. Hobson, resigned-
COJrilT NR ATION CUT
NASSAU, Bahamas, Sepl- 16.—hA*)—;
Communication with
was lost shortly before noon today j '
the Colonial government 'radio at*- '
tlon reported, after vain, attempt* to <
obtain weather data front th# bland 1
Inaugua Is about 400 utiles southeast I
of Naaaau and Is believed to beYn the
path of the hurricane reported m >«liik t
up the eastern fringe of Bahamian <
Group In a northeaster ly direction- ’ |
End of First Week Finds
Schools Settled to Work
For one week now the two thou*
and white school children at the Gold*
boro city echooht have bean spending
the greater part of their day under
the efficient supervision of -the corps
ol leat her* who are to load ihemDUl
nVPhter activity during tiw
school year. All of th# ecljoafj) have
reported an lucreaae In enroln/nt ov
er last year, the greatest I ncyhase bo
Ing tn the new high school. The hitt.-i
school swung It* door* open Monday
to 4WO students. 69 n.ore than regis
tered on the first day last session.
During the week reglatratlone have
caused the enrollment t»» reach the
five hundred mark With, the Increase
tn the number of boy* and glr,s tak
tng up their high achoo) ijrnrk the re
port come* of a larger high vchool
tecuUy- There are two additional
teacher* engaged for worih tht* year
In addition to th) l two extra lmorur
kyrs. four new teacher* have copse
to fill the vacancies of I hone who fall
«d to return- Th* new teachers at
the high school are Meaanutielma and
SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY
DEMOCRA TIC CANDIDA TES PLAN CANVASS
Their Screen Careers Flicker
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Two pretty Atlanta girla, Sonia Novida (left) and Lois Gridin,
are wondering in Hollywood what is going ta, happen to
screen careers, now that Clinton S. Clmea (inset), termer treaa
■rer of Baptist Home Mis»k>n Board, has disappeared. Police
claim Cames ia short more than $1.000,000 in hia accounts
Champion Manufacturers {
Are Guests at Barbecue
The Goldsboro Manufacturer*, re
turned victor* and heroe* of a mighty
battle, were guefct* ut a barbei ui glv
eu at “Griffin’s Mill last evening by
enthuiila*tlc|fan» un«l *upi*>rters of
the tkilcUTiioro'club. -Of course there
were others present but Jimmy Tea
gue and his Gold Rugs held the lime
light. The boy* wijre all there with
the bell* on. and prvoed that there
were several other'thlngs they coihd
do beuld# play baseball, one of them
being the delightful art of eating bar
becue. „ .
Rev. J. M- Daniel,# In a short hut
effective and complimentary speech
Introduced t'hurlte Rmith, otherwise
Governor Smith To
Start Tour Tj>*iay
ALBANY. N. Y... Hept. 15— OP)—
himself physically for the
two week* campaign tour through the
west and northweet '{)e will Start out
on tomorrow night. Governor Smith
diumlMsed (area from hi* j£)nd today
plaVed eume golf and did much rent
ing.
The nominee of the Democrat* re
mulucd away from hi* office at the
capital having cleared hia deck of all
prewKlng business. S'
Greene, and Misses Koch, Atkina
Colaon, Ferry. Mra. John Hawley,
who taught in the Grammar School
lust year has been placed over a: the
new high schrtol this ae**iou to work
wl: ;i_.ji.eep»cial gre-up of hoy* and girl*
sent up from the seventh grade.
The students were held until 12
o’clock Monday, hut since tha* time
the school* havV been running on full
schedule. W hile' the io ce • arv a<l
jiißtmenU had to b<> made, the school
ha* gollen off to a much better «tart
this year than ever before. Tuesday,
the teacher* were taking up regular
work, and II seemed to the student-) a*
if school had been In full swing for
several weeks.
C>
All Rtudentg- arc required to have
their liincho* al schrtol this year
The five hundred sUtdciiHi are taCen
care f hy two lunch periodn of for.y
three minute* each. K»ch luncli pe-,o>l
i t devlded into two shift*. During the
first half of the period the girl* a:a
served, and during (be latter hall of
r (Continued ou page 6)
GOLDSBORO- N. C. SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 16, 1926 SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY
known a* 'Tandy Ball”, p»* boy that
' can play most any position on the
diamond h’lth equal oa*e, hut whe
wag the shining light In left field
' during the little world aertss. Smith
in behalf of his fellow members »!
the Goldsboro club, presented Man
ager Jimmy Teague wKh a, hand
! some leather tl-aaelling ljag. In recog
, union and appreciation of, hi* good
managership and good, fellowship
Manager Teague expressed
ciutloh In a few well cbftseu words-
President A T- Griffin also made a
Vhurt tklk in which he thanked Jlni
Teugue and each and every mem
(Continued on peg# 8)
ROTARY MEETS -
ON WEDNESDAY
Date Is Changed in Order to Get
In ViHit of Dißtrict
Governor
The Goldsboro Rotary Club will
meet on Wednesday evening at 6:30
Instead of ifie regular hour on Tues
day st 6: Fre*ld«nt Bob Steven*
of the rluir announced yesterday.
George K. Butler of Clinton, dtstrlc 4
governor, will make his annual visit
to the club upon this occanion.
The meeting wai Ranged frojn
Tuesday evening to Wednesday even
lng that there might be no conflicting
event*~*ln the city upon the oci avion
o’ the vl*lt of Governor Butler. It
wa* feared that the presence of the
circus here Tuesday might proven!
|)Ok,title attrudancs upon Rotary con-,
ferences called by-Air. Butler- j
All officers es the club and all
chairmen of committees will meeti
; with Governor Butler at 4 o’clock!
! Wednesday aftrenoon. At time
the Clinton man will go fhortkighly
' into question* of the *tate of Rrtary
In Goldsboro and will offer surges.
[ tiOtlH.
Mr. tin tier I* expected to tell artme
thlng of hi* plans for forming Rotary
club* In other fqjrn* and cities In the
district. Recently he announced that
| club* were In prospect of forming in
«lx dub-, ami that before the end of
the year, he proposed to Install six
j others
,Mt HTRAYDF.It Mil*
SAYFD BY AIR Ml, Y
HUDSON, OnJ.. Sept. 16.——(/»*)- -Fif
ty mltn-r*. stranded In the wild Red
TAk* district without food or cl >:hlng|
have been saved by avlalori who flew
in is them with the needed supplies.
WANT AID EOR
STORMS VICTIMS
A
Wayne County Red Crown Ask
ed Contribute Part in Porto
Rico Relief
~ - S' ___
Mrs R. H. Millar, president of tba
I(*cal chapter of tha American 1 Red
Cross, Issued through Tl|o News an
appeal for contributions M the Red
Cross to be used for the ft I ken peo
ple In Piwto Rico and othiur West Ind
luu inland* who suffered disanter aa
a result of Thursday's tropical hur
rlcaue. ln the abeetu:# from the city
of Qo 1. George K. Freeman, disaster
relief committee chairman, Mr*. Mil*
icr requMtr that contributions be
sent to Mrs. L. D. Ulddens, secretary
o( the local chapter, at her office
tn the Memorial Community Building.
Mrs. Miller recalls the past generos
ity of Goldeboro, citlaena to disaster
relief funds and hope* for the same
sort of response to thla appeal.
The telegram berk yester
day from Met. John Barton Payne,
national chairman of the American
Red Croak, Washington, D. CL, reads
»* follows “West Indian hurrtcaua
li»i* destroyed thousands of homes In
IVrto Hico and other Island^and also
d« ve*tated chops Immediate needs for
food, shatter, medical supplies and
‘emergency relief. Initial donation
Tnadt* -es 150.000 from nayonal funds.
Ilaker and dlaaater staff now on way
to Island. Red Cross taking charge at
request of President Coolldgs. Need
for large funds tmeprative. Fleas* give
widest possible publicity, to this ap
peal and entity public. Your chapter
will revive funds and forward all
(ontribatkeea, to national headquar
ters."
KELLY- IS FOUND
GUILTY MURDER
HKowh little Emotion When
Convicted of Slaying Society
Woman Sweetheart
,».ft-—■
IAW ANGELES, Sept. 15—<S*) - Leo
Kelly, "handsome butcher boy” was
found guilty of the mqrder of Mra-
Myrtle Met I ok, his society woman
sweetheart, by a Jury In superior court
htls afternoon after less than three
hours deliberation-
The verdict, which waa unaceom
panted by any recommendation for
mercy, made the passing of th# death
sentence maudatory-
Keliy, who had been on trta* two
week*, was charged with murder in
the first degree. The case we.lt to
the jury of seven men and flve wom
en near the end of the morning see.
aion.
A gulp, a twlat of his body, snd a
Itrmec.grip on the arms of hia chair
were the only signs of emotion ehown
by Kelly when he heard (he verdict
Mrs- Josephlno Kelly, his mother, col
lapsed.
Mrs. Mt-llns, wife of Frank MelflWt*
wealthy sportsman and manufacturer
Contlnuofl on Page Htx»
Short Circuit of Motor
Causes Death Local Boy
Seven year* ago'Willie Baiber, aged
Ift, was taken from Goldsboro and
udmltted to the-Caswell Training
School- at Kinston. lt"was better sot
Willie thl* giving hint a home down
there where people wouldn’t etare at
him. and boys -wouldn't guy him and
make fun of him- For Willis wasn't
like other hoyv Nature or fate or
laircnts had Jg mewhere failed and
Willie came Into the jutrld with a
veil qf unreality Jiull.-il acrosi ht*
brain-
Maybe this was heat; for the world
could never come In and press hint
down. Always he played and a.aueed
himself at the most childish thing*
The year* go swift at Caswell, gpd
he played On and on, and there name
no tormenting adolescent stirring# to
trouble him Rut always hto life
was one great serenity, and there was
a hlttnknros upon hi* face.
Hl* father hud died- Hl* mother
left Goldsboro. » #• VtekftPQ
Willi* played on at Caswell He
was now seventeen and a big bur out
the veil of unreality clung shout hia
Questions For
Herbert Hoover
Mr. Hoover: If
1. You are going to re-appoint
Andrew Mellon to enforce prohibt
(ton aren't youT
2. You ere going to keep white
girl* and negroes working togeth
er In the departments, aren’t
you.T
3. Mr. Hoover, tell my why.
Here you're wel and Ihore you're
dry.
SNOW HILL R. R.
CASE SCHEDULED
Taxpayer* Seek Pnrvtmt Salt of
* $106,000 Towtuddp Benda
For Roada
Appeal of both pUlntlffa and de
fendauta from a Judgraaot of Judge
Henrf Grad/ In the suit of Greene
County to prevent the sale of 8100,*
000 Snow Hill lownahlp bond* the
Scow Hill Hallway Company, wU» be
one of the moet vigorously argued
caaes before the State Supreme Court
to Raleigh ne»t week.
Back in 1818, Just before the bub
ble of wartime proepertty burst folks
around Snow Hill thought It would
pretty good plan to run a rail*
road to Hookertoa, a few miles away
to hook up wIA the Easteri Carotlaa
Railway at Tarboro.
Bonda were voted, a detect waa
found, a remedial bill waa paaaed by
the legislature and the etall# l- JOgged
along with aa work doae oa the rail
road. Meantime times got herder,
better roads were built, a hand a t,
two busted and the uscemttr of wr
railroad did not seem so neoeeeary.
Now Greene County and Snow Hill
township taxpayers allege that the
corporation which waa to use the
bonds to build the railroad has paaa
ed out of legal existence because It
failed for two years to function for
the purpose for which it waa formed..
that there were so regular meetings
y directors, and so forth sad ho on
Defendants expected that A Judge
Grady's judgment waa sot la acocr
tlance with the evidence end plain
tiff expected because Judge Orudy
did not adjudge the bonds e nullity
on (he face of the whole record.
Allied with thla caso la that of the
State of North Carolina against the
Hnow Hill Railway Company which
resulted In the certificate of Incor
poration of that company bolng caa
celled.
Grifton Man Struck
And Killed By Auto
D- M- Johnson. Grifton man, was
slmost Instantly killed 'When struck
by a hit and run driver white cross
ing a Grifton street yesterday, ac
cording to word raaeklng here lapt
night A negro waa being held ebufg
ed with crime.
mind. Hut he Could do aome work
and with another boy he twaj »n
Thursday put to helpini about the
.ri.utor that lurneil the hay preea- A
pal wna with him. Kor the fun Os the
thing, the pal crabbed WlUle'a hat
off hie bead and threw U undr, the
frame wh«re reeled the motor.
The almnephore waa damp, for It
had rained much (or dayu. The (round
waa wet and the frame on which the
motor eat waa wat.
Willie placed one band on the frame
that held the motor , He knelt upon
the (round and out the
other hand to retrieve the hot. A
dart so flame allot through hi* body
and It atlffaned In .death. The we*
ground and wet frame had ahoT air
cuited the motor and Ita current had
xhot through hi* body.
Hl* father waa daad. hi* tncthcr
(one from Ooldaboro, there waa non*
to claim the remain*. So they burled
Willie dot there In the cemetery at
Caawell near the place where f>t ten
kng yearg ha had played. atl t
MEMBER OR 1
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PRESS t |
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BAILEY COMES ■
J)N WEDNESDAY)
Senator Tyson of To—ms#
Will Make Address Probably
in Fremont ;J ,on Sopt. Si f
•With J. W. Bailey of Raleioh bebp*
duled to open the Wayne County Dom
ocratic campaign with aa address on
Wednesday night at the court ho a so,
the battle will bp oa and there will
be no let up until tha peeatas ed
election day. Chairman W. A. Deep
told county candidates of tho paid '
and preselect 'chairmen meeting at
the court house at noon yesterday t#
map out plana for tho .oouate oaayeqß
It was a harmonious uftttac of.
Democrats all determined to give th#
party the teat that they have durlaf
the abort time that remains before th#
general election. To * man the earn
dtd#ea and chairmen were eathaslaf
tic concerning the proupeom ha then
appear. They approved heartily Chaig
man Dees’ plana of having the earn
vaaa bo the vital art of tho oampalf
in Wayne.
Dote* for tho viatta to tho various
voting places were sat fixed definitely
hut It la probaht*, that the first will
be at Fremont the latter part ed thU
month
While not yet definitely
Senator L. B. Tyson, Os Toaaeaopg
may ho tho prtadpal apaakar at tbs
Fremont meeting Senator Tyeoa Witt
be tn Wayne on September 88 and
Chat rtoah bead ooneldired it prekikbl
yesterday that ho would ho Ptooaod Ml
servo at the opening of tho emwmikßh
gutshod jvorid ww raoakd -sad ten
en pleasure la knaortag him with IRI
Tywon will aoapk in WiiOoa.
While tha Tennooaoaa will la aU
probability open tho eaavaaa mash of
the work will bo delegated to fgtioiter
Clawson L. WlUtaam of Saaterd sad
to Coagpeaamaa CharlaS L. Aharaothg
of New Bern, ni have vetuateered
■ervlc# tor Wnyaa Hate OhilUß
O. M. Bull haa also tramtoed otheg
apeakera ter the easy—, aU these 1r
iddltton to hpoakora who will appear
at Goldeboro. v
rrty leader* la Ootdahooo sad
the county will continue aa Ut
other campaign* to assist la
for Democracy. Thug will ha greatly
depended upon la furthering tba cam*
petga.
Chairman Does urged yeiurday
that the t-aadldaUh sad preclnet ehaiq
man busy themaelves la epraqdlag the
word of the opening 1 4drees by Mr.
Ralley Wednesday night "Let's give
bim a crowded courthouse" said Mr.
Desk. He to a forceful epegtsr aa
entertaining speaker end oa*
will give tom* food for thought"
NEGRO SHOT OR
STABBED DEATH
Murder TMk PWu» U N«rth «|
Fair Grounds gaiaiiMw t
Laat Night a
Julius Brinson, negro ahsat 88
years old, was shot or atehhnd 88
death near his bo!%* to th* north o$
the Wayne County Fair grounds aboat
10 p'rlock laat evening. Three nsgrosq
were locked up on nnsplctolsa whoa
Brinson’s body was discovered lying
by the side of the road running north
and on th* eastern edge of tho Fair
• rounds shortly before midnight laat;
There was a email hole In tha cheat
above the heart, and It rematna for aa
Investigation to dot ermine whishlh
the wound waa inflicted hy aoee* aharP
instrument—say an ic* pick, or by a
small rifle. Brinson had booa dead
about two hours when dlscoeored.
A hat waa found I yog f* the wooda
by tho nlde of th* road. At tha ho ate
of on* of th* negroes arrested—* Jack
son -wee found a .32 rift* which
hq)) s fiUc iloretlon of Mood agon IC
Brinson's body waa tahon tb Guana'
undertaking piece pending a cornore’g
inquest and Deputy Sheriff Korueqay
and Plain rotheu officer Rhodes ween
continuing the e*rlg
i hia morning. > t (
The dead negro boro a gqod name '
for sobriety He bad bought UW h*aks
In which he lived alone, hto wM| hn^