WEATHER
Generally P*lfr-Betnrday and Sunday
Cooler Saturday a ft* moon or Bight.
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VOLUME SEVEN; NUMBER 177
RED CROSS OFFICIAL PLACES FLORIDA DEAD AT 1385
Story Os Tragedy Is
Increased As Work Os
o 5m.. —-• • ' • 0 •> • (f '
Rehabilitation Starts
Decomposition of Bodies Now
Adds DnnffOr of Epidemic
To Situation
GOVERNOR MARTIN MAKES
SURVEY OF CONDITIONS
Lake Okeechobee Was Ixwsied
From Coniines By Raxint
Winds of Storm
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WEST PALM BEACH, Sept 21—
(d»>—The aiory of the hurricane irag
•dy grew in proportion today aa the
count ot the dead wept on a* r>ing
waters continued to hamper cpmtnun
icatyms with the utrlckeu shores of
Lake Okeechobee, where aanltary con
dittona nr* adding hiaardu not only
to the destitute population, hut to
leltef workers-
The American Red Cross at Wash
tngton naked $5.(MM,»04) tor hurricane
reliet In. Porto Rico, Florida, and tho
Virginia laUnd*. while the people of
Florida poured contribution* Into the
rlate relief fund* n* well a* started
Governor Martin wo* In the Okee
new cararana of euppllea on the way
cbobee area to make ape aonla ohaer
ration of the conditions. Before tear
Ing her the chief lenitive after r
calving reporta from the acenclew en
-•‘•I in the relief work, declared the
aerlouaneaa of the situation wae
"epaltlng.” ,
Snator Park Trammell, himaelf mak
Inga *urve.v of the area, yserted he
would talegraph Preetdent Cool idee
to have a Federal survey made with a
view to obtalnlnged Federal aid
as was given after the Miami diaaater 1
In IMI.
There waa atlll no final estimate of
Che total number who loet itmfe live*
when the dykea of Lake OkchAbee
hrolje before the wind* and wavs,
loosing a rqah of water* upon the
farming country behind the levees.
Howard W. Selby, chairman of the
Palm Beach couaty Red Croaa com
mitt*#. who has estimated the dead
at between Ton and 800 person* w»»
said to be checking the figure* of
Dr. E. D. Clawson, in charge of
medical relief, who notified A, L.
Shafer, representative of the national
Red Croaa, that he could account for
1,385 bodies on the face of latest re.
ports.
o o
Recordaof the national guard units
today showed that 537 bodies ha
keen burled, but many more were
•till within the district, unrecovered
or plied at strategic gointk awaiting
transportation to dry lands, officials
said. ■ sr
Several officials who have been In
aide the stricken tone declared the
irtual death toll may never be known
Plcturea of horror were drawn by
worker* who have been plying the
lake and field, recovering bodies or
administering to the living. Decompo*
ttlon of bodle* of animals and fish
have added to the seriousness of con
dltlons under which they have been
compelled to work', thy said, and tho
horrid sun steadily increasing the
danger.
MAKES APPEAL
' FOR WHISKEY
Hundred of 111 and Injured In
Storm Ansa in Need of
Htlmulanla
WASHTNOTON/Bept. 21 ~(4Y Mrs.
Mabel Walker Will* hrandt answe-ed
an appeal of Red ( roe* official* for
liquor In Florida by telegraphing,, tl.
8. Marahal* at Jacksonville un ! Mi
an.l to turn over all liquor that had
been seised and was aublect t > dl*
poaal front the government.
A telegram said that hundred* of
tit add Injuied were In need of aftmii
tails " .
The liquor to tie turned over to the
Red Croaa will ha that which ha* been
. <*
seized and ordered to be dispos'd of
by the ‘ court*. Her telegjraic told
them to that th# flHlv«‘iy wan
made at tones and that It Included all
•tores suitable for use by the Had
Croat.
THE GOLDSBORO NEWS
READ IN THE MORNING KHRJS MINDS ARB FBEBH—READ BE BUYERS BEFORE THEM BIIW
Cape Fear At Fayetteville Ap
pronrheH IU All Time
Flood Mark
NEUSE FELL SLIGHTLY
AT KINSTON FRIDAY
Convict* Carole Dyke* At Cale
don in In Effort Save Prison
Plan tat ion
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RALEIGH. Sept It—(A 1 ) Flood
conditions of r'vera iu Eastern North
Carolina tontght,. had blocked high
wcyjt inuundnted crop* and In many
section* had reached home* The
weather bureau here, however, predlc
ted today that the crest of the flood
will pan* tonight at moat of the dan
gerous points No loss of life haa been
•ecorded
Steady o M*ing, tjte Cape Fear at
Fayetteville late today wav past the
M foot mark and only a few feet from
the alt time flood record of the river
>ot at MX In The creel la ex
pected to par* tonight Fifty or more
loose* wore surreundVl by?' water,
here but some of them flowing. A
relief committee haa been organised
to take care of those driven from
their homes. Many principal street*
are blocked off by the walet^
Thr Nen*e river at Bmlthfleld ya*
28 feet tonight, or 6 feet above bdnk
leve|. At Kinston, on the lower,
temporary relief rame tori tty whin
the river fell 4 Inches after Carrying
<ff heavy local rain*. It I* expected
>to rise again, however, ah the-floor!
from higher up" the river reaches
and lower portions of the
city may he inundated .
Convicts today partroled the 8 iblle
dyke that protect* Caledonia prison
• arm's 7.000 acre* of crop land from
the high waters of the Roanoke Rfrer
which ha* gone to 37.7 feet, flooding
highway* and farm land*. The dyke
ha* been strengthened. George Roas
I'ru, Superintendent of the prison
aid. and 'h expected to prevent the
eater* from reaching Caledonia.
Tar river at Tarboro was lust un
der 20 feet or 8 feet above flood stage
tonight. Flood crest at 30 feet has
been prdirted there for Sunday.
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“Speed” Holman Leads
Class B. Races
EL PASO. Texas, B«pt. 21.—aJV) —•
Charles W. “Speed” Holman, of Min
neapolis, flying a Imlrd plane led the
clan* B race* of the !,<># Angeles.
Cincinnati flight into Kl Paso thl*
afternoon landing at 4:45-
MANAGER COTTON FIRM
ARRESTF.iI FOR LARCENY
SAVANNAH. Sept. 21-GP)—Walter
G. Hughe* manager Os the local office
of Alexander Eccle* and company.
English cotton firm which recently
clwp-d here was arrtes edday on an
jndlcment charging larceny ■ after
trn-t of $39.118..06. ' He furnished
bond for l;ls release Os SIO,OOO.
U. S. Senator from Tenn.
Is to Speak in Fremont
With the Democratic campaign in
Wayne launched by l/he address of
J. W. Bailey here Wednesday night,
rnltttcat Interest locally now turiK
to the address of General Lawrence
P. Tyson, (Tnlted State* Senator of
Tennessee, In Fremont at 8 o'clock.
Tuesday September 25. This will he
one of three speeches which General
Tyson will make In North C»rollna In
the Interest of the Democratic party.
The Fremont meeting will also
launch the annual canvas* by the
Democratic candidate* of the county
of the various voting precincts of the
county. It has been announced thgt
an nut of county speaker will be pro
vided in most Instances for the can
vas* this campaign.
the second meeting of the canvass
will he held In Mt. Olive on October
1. and the speaker will be Hon. rhar
les D. Harris of Raleigh Candidate*
local Democratic lender* will at
tend both the Fremont pud Mt. Olive
Yccaaton* In a body.
From -Wayne county headquarters
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Photo shows National Guard troop*
| ..trolling the. Nlreet* of West Palm itench,
w.:ich was one of the Florida eitirs most
•eged by the hurricane. The *ol<li**ra
Democratic Nominee to Discuss Water
Power Problem in Denver This Evening
Questions For
Herbert Hoover
{ V jHr. Hoover! If leected.
K You *re going to re-appoint
Wtruw Mellon to enforce prohibl
Hcffi Aren’t you?
W Ton are going to keep whlto
gmjv and nArpca working togeth
urvn the departments, areu't
you?
3. Mr. Hoover, tell my why.
HerfJJfou’m wet and there you'ra
dry.
RIVER FALLING
AT SMITHFIELD
H. H. Brown Found It Rwroded
1.25 Inttiea in 9 Hours
Yesterday
That the Neuse river reached It a
crerl at Smlthfield yesterday after
ncan was the Infromatitm brought
Isack to Goldsboro last evening by H
11. Grown who returned from a busi
ness Hip to Fufetteville With high
water reached its Smlthfield. It will
be about two full days before that
fliod crest hit* the Neuse stretchoa
along Goldsboro.
At 9:30 yesterday morning Mr
Brown checked the water edccfUnn a
bridge over the Neuse near highway
(Continued on page! 5)
waa Indued yeaterday the following
appeal to the Democrat* o( Wayne
to hear Oeneral Tyaon la Fremont:
Tyson ha* made a great
record jn >both Civil and Military life
H« la a popular speaker He fully un
derstand* the tnauea In thla campaign
and will dlacua* them In an interest'
fng »lid comprehensive way.
"All our cltitem are cordially In
eited to go out to hear him. It wlll.be
a rare opportunity. ,3
The county cunditlate* will vlalt
the Fremont precinct on thin occa
sion.
"The place: Auditorium of School
Building. ,
"Time: 8 o'clock, p. in . ’fuKtaday,
Sept 25th. 1!>28.
"Kverybody come!”
Reaction to the addrefea made by
J. W. Bailey jm a campaign opener
have been 'very favorable. W. A.
I»e«>e. county'i hairmnn said yesterday
It waa an effective presentation Cft
the iksuea of the campaign,” said Mr.
I*ee«.
GOLDSBORO N. C. SATURDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 22. 1928
<By PAUL F. HACPEItT) ....
Asnociaied Prewa Staff Writer
Oorernor Smith'* Traia an route
to Deaver, headed tqprhrd Colorado,
Wyoming and Monta, Governor Smith
resumed the a travelling pros!
dentist nominee today after an inya
t-lon of Oklahoma where a knock down
fight I* on for that, border state's 10
'lectoral vote*.
Although a bit fagged by what he
call* the "tflerry go round'' of a 24
hour visit to such a political center.
i» Oklahoma City, the Democratic
■ omlnee was encouraged -by hi* vlelt
-here He appeared satisfied that he
had Struck - a responsive note last In
deploring religions intolerance, and
■(.pealing for vote* on the record* of
the two major parties and their cnndl
date* and their stand on the pressing
public problem* of the day.
The New York Governor is due in
Denver at 11 a. m., tomorrow and
there tomorrow night he will deliver
the third speech of hi* first stumping
tour. With water power *< hi* theme,
the plans to re emphasise hi* ehnUm
tloh that the ownership and control
of such resources most be kept In the
bend* of the people He slsi fr* expect
ed to make an appeal to the voter*
to the seven states in the Colorado rhr
er basin, where the Boulder dam
attention Is s live one. Colorado and
Wyoming are the only Mtatss'directly
Involved In this proposed deveFtgmenf
he will vllat during the campaign.
After an overnight rest In Denver,
Governor Smith on Sunday' will trsv
el north in Wyoming with stops of
some length scheduled at Cheynne
!.ndf Casper, hut no npeerhex, from the
vt
train platform, are on the calendar.
MRS. Mil WAINE
DIES SUDDENLY
Funeral i* Kinuton At 1 P. M.
For Woman Well Knowr.
Here
Mrn. W. 0, Mrllwalne. of Washing
ton. I). C., a niece of the late Mrs.
M E. Btxxell died at the liotne of her
uncle A F. Copeland of Kinston at
*1 1 45 yesterday afternoon, following an
Illness of only * few hours, accord
ing to news reaching-vslattve* here.
Vr*. Mrllwalne who ha* a number
t connection* in Goldsboro and was
«tT :» ,
well known hero, was taken with a
-udden attack Thur*d*y nlglrt. 'She
lad apparently been enjoying good
health.
Before marriage Mrs. Mcllwalns
waa Miss "Jeh Whitfield. One brother.
Lr. George WhlUleld of New York
Cty survive* Iter.
Funeral service* will be held from
the Copeland residence In Kinston st
4 o'clock this afternoon and will be
Continued ou Page Four)
were on guard to prevent looting and aluo
to help refuge* worker*.- Photo by Inter
nal tonal Newsreel.
Weed Sales Here Are
Ne&r 2 Million Mark
Wet eat her damage agatß out
Into the average ou tba Ooldsboro
tobacco market yesterday when
197,782 pounds were cold for sft,-
063. «0. This brought the total
sale* for the season to I,HIS,SIO
and the total paid growers hers
$236.029.»«. Them »*rre pome
‘very good averages mads by aem*
farmers yesterday, running as
high as $45 for high qnaUty. But a
large amount of weed In which
wet rot had set in pulled down tha
*
•Tfflfl.
BUSSES TO NEW
BERN STOPPED
Thin Service Abandoned Until
Dumaged Highway* and
Hoadi-' Are PawnaMt
• .y-.-
Effort* to r«“op«n th« Ooldiiboro
New Hern tins service failed yeeter
day and thin line will be definitely
abandoned until the damaged high
ways and washouts are repaired, 1t
was announced. One bus went through
0 A. 4
to Grlfton, and here passengers were
transferred to a bus un the other aide
of the stream but tho- force 5 Os the
water threatened t<t sweep down
(Continued on iwye 5)
Gov. Smith Will Speak In
• State During His Campaign
RALEIGH, Sept. 21— Rolen* present
plant are changed Governor Alfred
h. Smith, Democratic nominee for
President. will apeak "aomewhere In
North Carolina during October" Odua
M. Mull. Slate Democratic rhalrman
«-altl Friday.
Chairman Mull’* atatement rurnr
on the heel* of a newt dispatch from
Sallahury Muting that Senator Lee 8.
(Ivermaii had received a letter from
Mrs. Henry Mnakowltt, rice ehalrman
In charge of publicity for the Na-&
tlonai Democratic Campa-tgn Com
mittee saying that Governor Smith
propo-ed to apeak In tllia otate I*lory
tier non day.
The city In which Smith will apeak
hua not been sainted at yet, Chair
man Mull said, but Indicatl ium point,
to either < harlotte nr Raleigh it wi«»
learned It may be that Hmlth will i
' peak In Greensboro instead of In
Raleigh or Charlotte.
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Anti-Smith sentiment la centered
mainly lu Charlotte, hum* of Frank
300 Hospital Patients ■
Marooned on 2nd Floor L
<> - if *
As Neuse Creeps Higher
Receives Tickets
To Electrocution
Tic kets of admission to the else
irocution of l-arry Newsome, negro
(or the murder of tittle Beulah
Tedder, were yesterday sent to
Sheriff W. D. Grant by Rtals
Prison Huperinlendant George
Rosa Pou. There wera *U of th*
ticket* and Sheriff Grant turned
them over to peopJa Lb Grab*
Swamp township, uear wbers the
murder waa committed, who had
expressed a deairs to witness the
electrocution, which will
place Friday, September 21. Hela '
live* of the ooademned man and of
the girl hs'murdered ars forhlddaa
under statuaa of the state- to ho
allowed In attendaocs at the elec
trocution. „ V '
THANK CITY FOR
ENTERTAINMENT
Foreat ry AsooriaLioit Pimm
RcHoiutioiw Exprowlar
1 Appreciation
Thank* Is returned to Ooldsboro for
cordial entertainment afforded the
North Carolina Forestry Association
hi ltd convention here, in a copy of
renolntions adopted by tlie Aaaocla*
Don and released yeatorday by R-
W. Grseber", secretary of the orgaal
gallon
RESOLVED that this Associates
go on record as approving and uraise
the teaching of foreatry la the North
Carolina Suto College and In the
University of Naffth Carolina.
RESOLVED that this Association
*xpress to Colonel Joseph Hyde Prstt
Chairman of our Executive Commit
tee their sincere sympathy on account
of hie lllneMi end beat wlebee for a
speedy recovery and their sincere ap
preclailon of his efforts io behalf of
the courses of forestry and couser
ration In the State and Natloa.
RESOLVED that ths thanks of tha
Association be expressed to all those
who have coulrlbufed to the arrange
m*nt* and the welfare of the delegat
•s attending this meeting of th* As
sociation. -We especially wish to
thank Mr L'onel Wall, N. 0. A*rl
cultural Extension Service and the
officer* of the N. C. Dept- of Con
servation and Development sad of
Ihs United States Forest Service who
arranged th# Interesting forestry ex
ilbils. the directors of th* OoliMboro
Community House for the privilege*
their excellent bullldng. th# Oolde
boro Dally News. Dally Arugua,
Goldsboro Hotel and Ihs cltlaens gen
erally of Ooldsboro to whom w# are
Indebted Ay many evidences of cor
dtsl coo^-alion
H. McNlnch, chairman of. the Nortfi
Carolina Anti Smith committee, and
It it In that aeethm that a big ftgl4l
la being made on tha New York
governor. Republican Htato head
iiuartara are also located at Char
Ictte. 0 0
Conaiderabla tent uncut la being
maulfeaH In Kaatern North Carolina
nralnat Smith and- It may be that
party leader* will have Smith apeak
in Raleigh ao aa to quiet soma of hi*
most outspoken critics in thin sec
tion'lf possible. Then, too, Raleigh
Is almost In the georgarphical canter
< ( tha Bt*te and could he reached
• gaily by people from all parts of the
State.
Gardner Speaks Ont
O Ma* Gardner, Democratic nom
inee for Governor, who bah bean ac
• used In some circles aa being
' lukewarm” to the national ticket,
pave the lie to the atatement* la a
»I each at. Ulltabetktowa In Bladen
county Thursday bight, s
Continued on Pag* Four)
MEMBER 01
DUAMMUnO
FRBSR
paid nrp csin»
, ‘ * wr- * i «•.
MadrkHtiat Dm NMranftf
'WSUEISSfe.
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All tar yeetertay and uatti ’4U
•u written Uri aighi th. ot4 Meta.
•taßtaata tbt riae*Hr * > vMfh
*»'•« t'nrritan oratory hern aeon
•nnt to brag. H**<f**Hr In* tU
i. w.mta .ontX and v»< <WtaNf*
•Mine other tbouMnA* of Xr*i to
thn amount of fcg* already eoqtfM*
hr tli* muddy water
Slowly, rioM?tr, continually Ue
yatora .dyad an* eg an* um.ear
oria* corn and oottdg la
* tone* canning * number of peopM
to flno th.tr tWH« D*
yeetertay afternoon thn h»rriea4« or
or hlghvay 4* aogtl' of the cjty wan
■t th. ThoMgogn plantation riigd. Hal
late yesterday aftornota ft wag jge«ad
to th# SooflMriand nakoltne gloat
Botwooa tkta point pad Naaaa rtamr
brMgo thorn wan «• much an fro Mot
of wntnr in plaona. , • * \
Omoora hod to .tan* tff 4*l ‘ taf
•’outrollag the erowta wftp motoend
oat to look at tan rtaiag ,
i hom never aeon on moor Pfofta
< omlna to took * ftmytgtaa 4*. m
inn”, um can stgith dtjadr
of ft boat oa the Mdfcv# r g*d apt ago
rrction. the State bongltal Mr » the
colored taiaaon wan thg pmrsn autMr
nr. Throe hundred pattriti ta t)m'
inn*, and ntawtatUdlag of the la*tl
lutlon had to bn traaaftrrod to the
lecond ntory an wataf Hnbded the
f'mt flooro At 9 oottak lari night ga
official of the boa*dal half that ahoat
two foot of water w*A #aa*a| a*
thooo building* Vbad woo peauttad
tor Um aerienOn on ti* Moon'd floor
by a boot whtnh piled tMM* the kftgft
o». ‘' S’’ ’ |,;
The Noaoo and the little Hirer,
ron reran at the hoopftal gad their
combined flood, had yeatertar eavar*
cd I groat area of the pUatettoe.
Torn and her croge SON under voter
for the second flaw la aa (Mat freak*
Th. sorghum mill wan again oat of
r<>mmlmtoe. end the Uandrr eriggind
All rioefc and mouaftft proparty bad
been collected on high agote abont
th. Place. fTV , ■
Regbler appronebee te tan ioegllel'
wrr. cut Off ee both' highway* are
rorerad with water. Antaiaebtfod. Vv
• rnr, were going thretgh hr taking *.
wood* rood along the laathern r*U
war tree ha. The railroad had piled
r»tra ballaet on tte tmeka IHtelr to
U rorerad hr water to pr.rent had
waahlai. , <*• **■-, 1
Lfttle Washington Iridluli flat#
a number of the veatdaate of Little
Weahlnatoa Bought habaa eLawheee
when the lower pert if Ob UN boro at
hie point wee tacraektnglr flooded, if
wu aald. 11
. Predict tons worn that the ri*9«
would rtee two feet hlghpr, agd tint
it would not ranch fail flood At)*
here before let. Sunday or early Man
day. . r . 4
C. N. Hibbard Is
ElecUd President
WfNBTON.BAI.BM, Soft.
C N Hibbard of Durham wen
prenldeet of thn Noftk Cert linn
Plorlet Aaeocietlon at the Anal aea
ftlon of tb« annuel cnereotloe
today Wllnou was erinctnd a* the
pine, forth. moating next year- •ft
HM ANII OP UK
WICBS HTArtIS
1.08 ANUBLBS. Sept 11 id| <■>*
•eeohd <>f three elr raeae frets tare ,
to Clnnmatt wee aUfted at Id A
m. today when a fog WhWh Mbi held
up the event eincf early todgi MM