WEATHER
Rate probably hoary In swat portion
Tuesday Coo lor Tuesday. Wednesday
•Morally fair oaat nod aortboaat gala
VOLUME SEVEN; NUMBER 173
33 KNOWN DEAD IN FLA. STORM
Disturbance Is Now
Travelling North In
Direction North Car.
140 Kiowa Injured and Many
Hoaeieus in Florida in Firat
Incomplete Count
WORSE THAN STORMS
OF TWO YEARS AGO
Warn Indian Aren of 1500 Miles
Ravaged And At I .earn
1,000 Are Killed
JACKSONVILLE. Ha., Sept 17— UP)
—A known toll of S 3 dead, ltd injured
an undetermined number rendered
homeless and exteuslv* property
damage was onacted by tbe West In
dlaa hurricane that buffeted tbe low
or Florida east coalt yesterday and
then lashed tta way Inland, available
reporta showed late tonight.
WBBT PTLM BEACH—OP)—Nine
•re kaowa dead and 140 Injured an
a reault of tUe burrican In tbe Palm
Beach section of the Florida coast.
WILMINGTON, N. C.. Sept. 1» UP)
—A wind travelling 65 miles an hoar
struck WrlghUvllle Beach at 13:80
this morning. No domage waa dons',
though residents were bedly frighten
ed and called upon the Tidewater
Power company to send two electric
lntemrb«t> cars to remove thoke who
fished to move inland.
Tbe glmaahaaes l • wan-og-n. local
kind and bad no connection with the
hnrriceae which hit Florida. Damage
was confined to the breaking up of
lurnitare on porches of humea. Heavy
i alas followed the winds.
RALEIGH— (A*) —WhiIe the latest
storm warnings of the U. 8. Weather
gureau In Washington indfcata that
tbe Florida hurricane is heading to- .
ward North Carolina, ita Intensity
will probably he greatly redncad
when It reach** here, loe A. Denson,
lb charge of the bureau here, nald
tonight.
No prediction a* to Ita Intensity ran
wall be made until later data la re
ceived but north bonnd tropin dis
turbance* usually proceeded with dim
Inlahtng Intensity lie said, adding that
a new- curve might send the atorm
wgy from the btate.
Atmospheric disturbances In North ’
Carolina followed the earlle/'' atorm
in Florida this summer and at Ash
ley Height* near Aberdeen, several
buildings were blown down and two
persons were killed.
Heavy ralna Tueeday followed by
east and northeast gales Wednesday
have been predicted for Eastern
North Carolina.
(By Aabociated Press) 5i '
West Indian hurricane such •*
history has seldom recorded, already
having swept 1500 miles of uea and
land, dealing death and destruction
In a 100 mile awathe. last night was
roaring upward through Florldn to
new fields In Georgia and South
Carolina. 0
0 The death toll will run U> four fig
ures when the Isolation of Guadeloupe
interior Portio Rico and Centrol
Florida taaa been conquered by relief
forces already at work. Porto Rico
fears a death toll of 1000 with 700.000
homeleba.
Property damage will reach ojitap
enduous total with Porto Rico alone
estimating her loss In excess of SIOO
-
Ships, farms factories. roads, pow
er. telegraph, telephone, cable and
homes by hundrete of thousand* have
haau wrecked torn, broken and flat
tened by the wind.
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Mnrrieaa At A Glance
(By Associated Pr^pa)
Reports of destruction In lit* and
property mounted In the hurricane
wtke along lower Florida east roast
Unconfirmed radio advices say 10
-known dead and pombtly greater loss
of Ilf#; scores injured, man/ home
la* a. ! r| m
THE GOLDSBORO NEWS
BEAD IN THE MORNING KHILE BUNDS ARE FRESH—HEAD BM BUYERS BEFORE THEM writ
STORM BULLETINS
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 17.
(AFJ—The tlarm whlrh has
swept Ike Florida mot roast was
reported to be heading' northward
by tbe weather bureau which la
sued the following warning Ad.
ilsory V:SO P. M. —“ Northeast
atorm warnings ordered north ot
Georgetown, JL l* to Virginia
t apes aad warnings lower gulf
roast. Key West to Mobile. Hur
ricane eenlnai 8 p. m. between
Cedar Keys aad JarkimaiUle, Fla,
bat nearer Jarksoarille and re.
earring toward the north aad *
northeast. Ho renter will likely
pass near Hama Bah, Gm, la about „
12 bears. Intensity of storm
considerable leas than when K
reached the Heutheant Florida
coast.’’
WASHINGTON Bed (roes hand,
qaarfers here tonight received a *
message from Halses CKy, Fla,
saying that 16 persons were dead
at Okeechobee, Fla, led homeless
aad that aa argent appeul fer help
had been seat oat. Tbe message
alse stated that Okeerhocbee was
Hooded. \
. HJCII YORK—An official repart,
to tho Commercial Cable to, here
from Miami via Havana, Cuba,
tonight said meagre and Incom
plete reports listed H dead aa 108
tejnrad In the Florida storm whh
no report amilahle from many
, Inland tewaa la tbe path es beat.
lest damage.
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UAINEHVU.LIv, Fla. The
(.ainestUle Sun aayn K reeeltqg
ward from The Tampa weather
barean that a storm of burrlcaae
force was centered about 76 miles
north of Tampa late today hi the
general vicinity of. Internes*.
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ANIIFRSON, S. C— Kmining In
to a terrlHc windstorm high In
•be air, IMck Merrill, northbound
mail pilqt on the Atlanlli Kleh
mend air mail ronle landed safe
ly here shortly 'ifter 11 o’clock
, tonight after Wjipd made two
efforts to negotiate the st>rm
which he encountered In the vi
cinity of Bllllamston a few miles’
beyond here.
TWO ACCIDENTS
OVER WEEK END
Seven Are Injured. One I’ossi
bly Critically," In Auio
Accident*
■Henry Price of Buck Swamp town
Ihjp, bis wife, and their scversl chlK
dren were injured Ist Saturday
night when a Ford autamobile beloug
Ing to, Henry Atkinson, negro, was
driven into the wagon on which the
frmily was riding on highway No. 10
Rear where the road front Rosewood
Joins the highway.
The wagon was dcmolisned. the
horse Injured, the automobile wrerk
ed and the Trice family scattered:
about the highway. None of ihcn
r.re seriously hurt. Mr. Price has bat
laceration* about the head and l.aJ tc
come to a doctor in Goldsboro lor
first aid.
A quantity of whiskey w»i found
in the wrecked automobile and there
were a number of empty bettl.M.
Mr. and Mrs Price and family
had been so church at Kb-nctcr Mid
were pn their way h<yne whe-j tho
sodden, olrurred. Their wagon was
displaying a lantern on one aide.
, No arrest* have yet been made, but
Deputies are searching for the uesro
In whose name the automobile was
listed.
Afrident En«t of Off
An accident described as of more
rerlou* consequences waa that vLlch
occurred where the*'#even Spring*
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City Laid Waste by Hurricane
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Beautiful San Jugn, Porto Rico, is • city of
sadness following tropical hmricane which
killed scores, injured hundrtfis and rendered
thousands homeless, Map shows progress of
Storm which twisted out of Caribbean near
Vuririn Islands and headed over Porto Rico
Gives Issues on Which
Vets to Support Smith
North Carolina Veterans will give
lull support to the Democratic Uck
et because they are it h-, the
parly that insure* a square -deal/'
declared Col. John D. Langston of
Goldsboro, Chairman of the Demo
cratic Vetersus organixatiou. aa ho
fired the first gun tor that orgr.nlxa*
Con In a atatement given tbe pr sj.
Local units of the veterans for A‘.
Smith will be formed throughout Iho
State and work to that end has already
started, Col. Langston aaid.
“The ex service men of North
Carolina have given themselves fully
in (he past to the perpetuation of the
IS ILL ONLY
THREE HOURS!
Mrs. Amanda Andrews I)ie« of
Paralysis at Her Home in
Georgetown
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Stricken jrlth paralysis at 8 o'clock
fast night, Mra. Am*nda Andrews, 51,
died wt the home of hey duagitef, rit
Katie Benton in Georgetown. ISinerai
wIU be held from the home at 3 o'-
clock tills afternoon by Rev. Mr. Wl
Mams of the Bfyan Slno-l
church. Burial will bo m»de in ‘Wil
low Dale cemetery.
Surviving tin. Andrews are two
djughteih: Mr . Benton wtrn whom
iihe made her home and Mrs. Abide
Bradshaw of Sampson county. Jim and
Joe Boyette of Sampson county aro
brothers of the deceased and Mrs. Etta
■Blackmon of Petersburg. Va.. Is a at*
ter .
OLD BELT ©PENS TODAY
, DURHAM, iteipt 17—OP)— After
(hr«e weeks of prepertlon on the part
of firmer*, warehousemen and buyer*
the Middle belt fobareo market wll
open for the new season. The Durham
market faces what local tobaccoutata
believes will bo the most successful
seasons In. its history. Tonight the
seven big warehouses are filling up
with tta« vehicle* of farm* from all
i seotteaLtif this county and from
[other counties tn readihesa for the
opening tale# tomorrow.
GOLDSBORO N. C TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 18, 1928
principles and Ideals of their former
commander Jn Chief Woodrow Wlpion
Now when those principles and ideals
arc endangered by Nationul Republi
can mul administration; when the
xcro hour has come; when a new
e-/'
leader of Democracy pledge* himself
to a faithful continuance of thosp
policies and principles. North Caro
lina veterans will not stay in the
I trenches. They will keep North Caro
’ llua a* .faithful to her truift h* they
did In i<U7 and OIL They will bn
true Ip the only national party that
haa ahown appreciation of their eac
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ALDERMEN IN A
SHORT SESSION,
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Approve Contract With ' Coast
l-ine For Street Along
Right of-Way „
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Approval of a contract between the I
f'lty nud the Atlantic Cnaat Line rail
way whereby the city acquires permi* |
Sion to use right of way of the com
pany between Pine and KHft_jUre«*t»
a* a street was made Apr the Board
if AI derm be n In session laet evening.
Sometime ago. the f’oatt Line had
Iron spikes placed, competely shut
ting otT negro resident*, from a road
way to their homes In that particular
'aec ion of Little Washington. Propert*
section of l.lttle Wushthgton l*rot«*rty'
slreetc I’nder the contract authorized
;ast night Ihe company property will
again be opened for traffic.
Robert Howell made application to
If’stnll n‘ gawdine- pump on South
; fdrret, a street now being par
: rd by lha afate.
| Application for the extension- of
: Jaeksoß attest to the Norfolk and
Southern Railway waa referred to the
planning commlz*lon.
. The Woman's chib w*s officially ex
eiuptcd from paying taxes Oil Its'
property under favorable re< ommen
fitttlon of * commlttae naim-<t to study
an appUcaliok presented sometime
a * o ' .
toward Florida. Left, street scene la Sna Joan;
center, panorama of city; bottom left, Presby
terian Hospital, almoet demolished by tornado,
and, right, famous Casa Blanco, one* the
home of Ponce d« Leon.
Demanded Horse and
Wagon For a Hearse
o. H. Taylor of Wayne street,
th‘s city, baa been an Invalid for
two year*. He knew that hi* time
for leaving this world was not far
away, and he made tbe request
that he be buried In ahome-made
coffin and that his ramatjia be
taken to the cemtcry In a wag
on sift Koran. Mr. Taylor died
Sunday afternoon At the age of
sixty five. They burled blm In
Willow oliale yesterday afternoon
spd hq was returned to tbe earth
In a home made coffin and a horse
and wagon was hia funetal ear.
ORPHANHOME
BOARD MEETS
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Cropn of Home Farm Reported
Better Than Ever Before
At TW* Time
iMMilt. 1 ll'c dloods, droughts, bolt
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greivtll and other ralamltleft which
have visited portion* of Wayne conn-
IV f hl« year, crop* on the frara of the
Odd Fellows Home near the city
right now promise than at
the name any previous year,
C. It. Warren, superintendent of the
home, reported fi?°the hoard of direc
tor* who held their aeml annual meet
tM yesterday. W. F , ..Kyanh of
WaUdjrh, presided orer the aeaelop*.
In so tar a* humanly possible. It
waa decided at the meeting, the eg-
I I’n.oe of running the home will be
held within the budget which ha#
beeu created for the year. In order to
<!>' this, some alight curtainment
will he necessary In stances.
Application* for of a
number of children were studied and
approved hy the board. o
TO OFFER lilt. Ki n tKM
FOR t'AKM7<
ATLANTA. Ga., Sept. 17 -UP),— For
mar Governor Clifford 'Walker of
Georgia has bee nretslned' a* special
t*ollrltnr general to aid in teh aearch
and prosecution of Clinton 8. Came#
missing treasurer of the Heathen
i*aptut I ion Mission board, tt waa
announced today.
Murderer Leaves His
Name and Address At
Side ol His Victim
o c r, u '
SaulHton Booth Goes
Back to Hood Swamp
The Haulslou township folk#
didn't like having their voting
place moved from Hood Swamp to
George Coker * store and they did
not miss telling tbe world about
it either. So yeeterday the Wayne
county board of electoio* promptly
reversed their action of ten daya
ago and ordered tbe voting plnco
switched tack to the aenool house
at Hood Swamp. It la from the
latter pla^e-that registration wilt
go on aud later the genera* elec
tion.
WEED AVERAGE
IS ADVANCING
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la Fare of Hag* Sales Yester
day, Average Waa About
915 Here
With aalee of approximately 270.080
pounds hern yeeterday Goldsboro's
tobacco aalee for the season ap
proached a million and a half- There
waa also a sharp advance In the aV
erage price yeeterday. Warehousemen
estimating nn average of tl> f°r all
grades- Many of ihs superior quality
piles brought |M and $45 a hundred?
Tbe average was spoken of as
equaling the average at the eaam
time last year,
Official Sales and averages of Mon
day aula* could not- be obtained I sat
night aa It would be early this morn.
Ing before g Anal check could be
made. Until yesterday the total sales
on the market here had been 1,317,-
624. Monday total* shoved It cloae
to 1,417,624 pounds.
Yesterday saw the btggsst breaks
yet on the Goldeboro Market and de.
spite the forge amount offered sales
Wert completed In all bouses before
the end of the auctioneering, but It
wga good dark when an end waa higtjp.
Warehousemen again callad attention
to the fact that the slogan of ths
Goldsboro markst was sales the qama
day qf arriving in town. The tjhAc
conlsts believe that prices will con.
Untie to advance from now on
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Farmers from a wide territory
Ware Key- yesterday—over 10 coun
ties—and most of them were well
pleased, admitting that Goldsboro of.
sered as good cbancss *s any othsr
town for getting the high dollar-
Not including Monday sales, grow
ers had been paid a total of sl4*,-
-00. Id on ths, local market,
Diet* Suddenly At
Home in Sautaton
Mrs. Betsy Hauls, aged 78, died
suddenly at the home of h«i !> daughter
Mrs. Ad l-anrsster In Haulston town
ship about 2 o'clock Sunday after
noon. At 1 o’clock Mrs. Sauls waa
seized with a cerebral hemorrhage
and an hour liter she waa dead. Fun
cral service was conducted from the
homo yesterday afternootL/by Rev.
Cornelius Jackson of Ihe Free Wi'l
Baptist church.
a The deceased was of the family
from which Saulstou takes It nam
and was well known In her section.
Surviving her are two daughter* an I
three sous; Mrs. lancaster, yftn
whom she mad* her home; Mrs
Mary Oultety of Baulstou; John
Sauls of Haulston; Joe Hauls of
Greene county and Billy Cauls cf
(Honey Creek township.
MODEL RETIRES
ST. LOriß, Hept. 17 (JPI Wltcey
Moore, whose sinker bal and stndry
relief work was a tremendnuii factor
in the New York Yankees drlVe to
the World Championship in 1927 ttak
ed manager Miller Huggins today to
place him on the voluntary
list The failure of his arm to retain
it cunning of the laat season res-
MEMBER tm £ \
THE ASBOCIAfW~
PREBB ‘
PRICK FIVR dim
I Got Dead Man’* Hat Bv Mis
take, Leaving Owa mtk
Insurance Receipt '
JAMKH JACKSON ADMITS
KILLING JAMKH BRUNBQit
Keen HleiithiagJljr Lecai OCIp
era Pali Facta Together
and Confeaaiaa Seem* »
When June* Jackson, negro, killed
John Brunson ne«ro. near the hums
or tli« latter nortk of the Petr
• rounds about 11 o'clock Betardky
night. ho loft his nasas and address.
Jackson confeahud hie ernes renter
day and e Coroner's Jnry Impaneled
by Coroner T. R. Robinson ordered
him hsld in jail vttboet bond pending
s hearing oI tbe oess In Wayne tar
crl«i court. - —■ — ia'dr-‘
Tbe itonr of hew Jnckeon left Me I
rams and address after killing Iran
son on tks rend was told before Mg
enronerh Jnry yesterday la Jaekasahi
coalssslon as rapes tad by Sheriff f»
D. (Irani. In bis haste to leers th*
■pot after knocking dews Md then
shooting Bnfbeon with a .SB calmgA
rifle, Jackson got the dead man's h»t
by miatnkn and left hie own. In the
band of tbe latter tit an
receipt made oat to Jackson ,
Chief Tew: of the police force 40
covered tbe r*cegpt;tß th# bet ,*t
Jackeoa after th# lawn fend *Mh
hmmt te the cHy hail f e*dem»
hr Deputy J. C. Korhega f sad Wl
rlotbeaoua L. O. Rbodee who tarugtt
Kited tbe caae. palling upon the agent
aho bad tfaed the receipt, Deputy
Korhegay aecerutade that aa receipt
for Jackaoa hid tevW been glamj
anyone bat him.
A .23 calibre reeoirer with a Mead
itaia upon R was found la Jnefcseoa
house. Tbe gaa wan kvekea end that
fretoly. • r-,%
At ft rut Jarkaee denied the origg
holding that the Meed state awe e
paint splotch. Rat whoa ooufresdod
w'th hi* own hat. with the tassrsass
rrciept In it, aad with the gaa, he
confessed tbe crime. The coafeaMiß.
urea made te Sheriff Great la the
presence of several qther of Deere, la
)i*ei confession, Jucksen said ha bnttsft
cd Brunson down eftef the I atm*
“lunged'' at him with a halls; thll
he shot him after he wee down.
The murders* bed returned to the
areae of bis crime to find Me hat
haring discovered that he had the
deed man's by mistake, aad wan beat
ing about the place when the llgMn
of the car of Deputy Koraegay seared
him away, hd confessed. The oftiepr
was'bringing Coroner Roblnaoa aad
coming to Inreatlgnte the matter ag
on receipt of telephone meaaages from
the Section
There bad beea tronhto kstwssa
Hrunaon aad Jackaoa about three
years ago It was said. Bruasao bad
HU H oa hie person when killed.
KINSTON MAN
CLUB SPEAKER
Mr. Few Deerrtbee Making th*
In profit able Profitable''
At KiwgJtia
The Kiwanls club at last sight#
luncheon, with the largeet attendance,
♦luce the vacation aeaeotv, enjoyed a
delightful program put on by T. B.
Desseron.
Him Duun, music teacher at the
I. O. O. V. hosts end five of her
pupils furnished mqitic for the occee*
vlon. A musical re. H«jUoo by one of
the pupils and a saxophone quarts*
were especially enjoyed.
Kuguae Few president of the Mas*
ton KlwanU club talked on "Hskiog
the t'nprof liable , profitable or Rato
inr Human Values.“ He began bto
1 talk lightly, telling a number of bam
oroua stories, but soon brought the
mesnltiK of his subject forcetaily te
thejnlnd* of his audience. He told
of examples where cornmnaplaeß
thlnga were raised to rains kg pgggjg
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