WRATHPB
thermm tig cloudiness probably fol.
Icwwl tor Ikovin Is South and Cen
portion Sunday night.
- -
VOLUME SEVEN; NUMBER 178
SMITH PLACES PEOPLE ABOVE TRUSTS IN ADDRESS
Says That Benefit Oi
Power Site Development
Should Accrue To Public
Assails PrrnM—t CmUi» Far
Vetotec Moprie Shoals 818
WUWt Explaining
CITES RECORD OF JUDGE
DAVIS AND PAUL CLAFP
Dcdaras Thai RspuMican Paw
or Platform Plank Is
“Meaninslem” •*
DENVER. Colo.. Sept Jt— (AV-
Acuta training b|a cub* on Herbert
Hoover as bo dtsctfased waUr powet
In a campaign >pooch bora tonight.
Governor Smith declared that the
eneftt of the development of power
•ltee "bhould accrao, to the people
themselves and that we should not
permit thorn to fall Into private hand
for private development which menna
privet# gain at the expense of all ot
the user* of the energy."*, t -
The Democratic nominee Tn an sd_
drees In the'tfeitoeum. whr Bryan 20
yean ag was nomine ted for preetd.
eat for the third time, .insisted that
„ the Republican pletform declsntioa
on water power was uneattefactorp
and asserted that, the acceptance
speech of hie oppenent did not con.
tain “one single word on the quee
tlon of water power development."
. sad that Mr. Hoover failed In his re.
cent Loc Angeles speech to mske hie
•tend clear.
Governor Smith alao asaalled Pr**l
CooUdge for vetoing the Muscle
Shoals bill without an explanation of
Its rejection and for making the de_
deration In a maaage to Congress
that the Mwesle Shoals question seem
ed to "have assumed a place out of
all proportion with Us real Import.
• now"
The New York governor decs red,
inaction on the part of the Fedora
government, the strange sience'og tho
candidate sod the meanlapeei plank
of the Republican platform, tndhmtw
to any the least, a sympathy with the
widespread propaganda against pub
Ho ownership spread throughout the
country by organisation known ns
the Joint committee of the 'National
F.lecetric Light association
The Federal Jrade commission In
Its Investigation of übllc utility rar'l
porations, tbe Democratic nomlene as
serted. has developed some facts that
Mr. Hoover knew of this power lobby
Intended to influence Congressional
cation and legislation.
Mr. Bmlth said that the "Lobby's"
executive director, Judge Davis, for
merly was a naaeltsant becretary to
Mr. Hoover; that Paul Clapp, mice s
secretary to Mr. Hoover was named
secretary of the Joint committee and
is the executive director of the Nn.
tionsl Electric Light Association,
which, he explained, la one of she S
groups making up the joint commit,
tee; and that former Senator lunroot
of Wisconsin, who he said wan retain
ad by the Joint rommlttee as conn,
■el "to oppose’ the Walsh resolution
for nn investigation of public utilities
operation was also "Mr. Hoover’s
counsel at the Kansas City convention
in the content over Southern delegn.
• lone.’ „
Kiwanis To Entertain
ladies Monday Night
I The Ooldaboro Klwanln club will
entertain at a Ladlaa Night program
■t the Hotel Goldsboro Monday er«n_
Ing at 7 o'clock.
"Thia la fh*t open meeting of
Ihe year," nay* an annoneemeut of
the club, “and'the flrat eoclal occa_
•ton of the fall aeaaon.
"A great time la expected as the |
procram committee assures the club I
that they are prepared to show every
one a good time.
"Monday Is the birthday ,of Kiw_
anhi In Goldsboro therefore the cele
(ration"
LAbY AH TOR HAII.H P«ft T. S.
SOUTHAMPTON. Eng Sept 27
(A*) —Lady Astor, looking roup* and
(harming In a blue tailored coetnuM
and close fitting hat. sailed abroad
Uje Aqnitanla today for a two weeks
rtatt to her old home In Virginia.
She will slao spend a few dayn in
New York and Washington.
THE GOEDSBORO NEWS
BRAD BS THE MORNING EHILJg MINDS ARB FRBBB—READ BE BUYERS URDU THUS mra.
SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY
JOHN LANGSTON
GOES TO DIIRH’M
Win Become Court heme Re
porter Ou Durham Morn
in* Herald
John D. Lagfeton, Jr., left yeeter.
day for Durham where today he will
enter' upon his duties M courthouse
reporter for tbe Durham Morning
Her Md. For the pagt II monthb
with the News as associate editor and
assletadt In the advertising depart,
mem.'*' ■"
The Durham position, he believes of
fern greater opportunities for ac.
quiratg a more varied experience In
hie chosen profeaslon of newspaper.
[ S o f} •
teg,
With Mrs. Langston, ha left on the
morning train yesterday. They harp
taken an apartment oa Breed street,
Durham.
„ As courthouse reporter, Mr. Langb_
ton will have the moat Important
news beet on The Herald.
ALAB AM A TURNS
OUT AIv’THTES
V
State Executive Committee
Manouevent to Prevent Any
Uwpieeeentneoß
BIRMINGHAM. Sept. II- (/P)
Functioning without a hitch tbe state
Democratic committee of Alabama de
layed selection of an associate Sup.
'rsee court Justice until the last or
der Os buslneea today to steam roller
rail within the committee” opposition
to the Democratic party's ticket as a
Whole.
In the process of cleaning house,
the committee expelled two of ita
members who had openly declared
their support of Herbert Hoover for 1
I resident. Neither attended the com.'
mlttee meeting. Hugh Locke, one of
those expelled was In Walkar county
where lie had an engagement to dellv
or aa antl_Bmltb address.
The committee declared Judge A.
B. Foster of Tuscaloosa, the Democrm
tic nominee for a mil year term as an
associate member of the State Sup.
rente court.
- ■ ' ■■
RULES FAIRMONT MARKET
FAIRMONT. Sept. Xl— (A*)—'The of
flcial tobacco marked report for the
week Issued today allowed sales of
1,1 ft,ooo pounds on the Fairmont m»r
ket at an average price of 16.22 cents:
For the Season, sales of 15.327.24*
pounds.at an average of 16.16 cents
were reported.
~ LADY lAHTOR HAILS
- *
SOUTHAMPTON, Eng Sept. 22
(A I )—La«Dr Astor, looking young and'
charming In s Jxluw tailored costume
and close tiffing hat. Bailed aboard
tbe Aquitsnla today for a two weeks
visit to her old home In Virginia.
Goldsboro Has Contributed
$166.50 Toward Aid Florida
Goldsboro people through yesterday
had contributed (166.60 through the
local Red Cross for the relief of the
relief of the Florida atorm victims,
announcement from the local chapter
■ aid yesterday.
An appeal for further response was
made In the following htaiement
Which was issued:
“Over a thousand dead; a hundred
thousand homeless; starvation and
disease rampant.” Such la the story
routing from the hurrtcan swept conn
tries of Porto Klco and Florida. Re
lief is imperative. The American Red
('roes Is calling for 15.000.000. When
humanity suffers, cltlsens, of Golds
boro and Wayne county are not oaed
to stand callously by. _
“Murisr Farm" K
I \
K , * Jr / ••
AiDW t ’ i
-■ vw m
m m
L. to r.. Lewis and Nelson Winslow, Pomona, Gal* boys whose mysterious
disappearance Is linked with alleged *'merd**fgHi."4toclo*urea. Gordon
Stewart Northcott, 21. described by his father aa aa “apt man," is la custody
of officers on charges of murdering Tour boy*.
(International Newsreel)
INSPECTOR TO
COME TO CITY
• “ ' ■■■ ' ' :■ * h~ ’ J
Ip to Make Survey Aa To Ad
tSUoMiLotter Carrion .
In Gokteboro
ik
The following telegram from Mlat
Marion L Overby, s#cr*t*ry of Con
rrebtman rhas L, Abernethy, to The
News Is self explantory^
"While In Washington a'few daps
•go Mr. W. C. Denmark, secretary
of the Goldsboro Chamber of Com.
mere*, brought to the attention of
thia office the need of additional
carriers and additional postal clerjre.,
la Goldsboro I have Just returned
from th« poet office department where
I took this matter up tilth Mr. Spill.
u>an chief of the division of pant ot
flee service and ha assured me that
•n Inspector would be sent to Golds,
boro it once to go over the situation
with Mr. Denmark and Mr. Simplnks
the local Postmaster Mr.
alao stated that he would make the
Investigation Special so ah to get the
inspector* report and relieve the alto
si ton before tbe Christmas holiday*.
Hoover Confers With .
President CooUdge
WASHINGTON, Bept. 22—</P>—
Herbert Hoover and Prsaldent Cool
tdge, tbe new and the miring thief
of the Republican, party surveyed the
political horUon today in a lengthy
conference et the White House. Both
refused to discloee what particular
aspect of the campaign they had
studied but their meeting end lunch,
jeon together came wlthiwa few hours
after the prealdnt’a rtura to Wash
ington from hi* home stele of Ver
mont and New England-
The Republican candidate remained
at the White House for almost an
hour and a halt and at the conclu
sion of his visit paused long enough
to tell newspapermen that he and the
president had gone over "the general
situation together.”
Contributions are belug received
daily at Ihe local headquarters of the
Red Cross. The direful nese of the
need demands haste. Those who In
lend to give that liras may be saved
are urged to main their
i nee. Contributions to date are; °
Cash V,.. ....(10.00
Mr. and Mr*: Resile Well .... 28. M
Cash 15.00
Mra. B? G. Thompson §OO
Ihr. R. B Miller ...1 600
Mrs. Henry Weil 26.00
Mrs. Donnell Cobb 5 00
Cash 1.60
Mrs. F. K. Bonlen 26.00
Mr*. Joe Koeenthal 26 00
Elisabeth 1 Rosenthal 2600
?oUU (116.60
GOLDSBORO. N. C SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER S 3, 1923
FLOODS FALLING
•UP-STATE NOW
Kimfon Expected Be Point of
Greatest Danger On Neose
RALEIGH, B*pi |l —(Jfy -Flood
water* tonight war* subsiding alone
the upper Hction of luMn Carolina
rivers leaving a trail of damage to
highway*, crop* and human that will
run into many thousands of dolls ra,
but the tyeat of tha flood la to
roach tha lowtr sections of tha
streams- .
Tha Capa Fear river at Fnyitte
rllla, which was almost isolata«l ( by
high water yesterday was steadily
falling tonight. The river raeasded
about 18 laches thorn today, tha
weather bureau said
Tha crest of the Neusa flood passed
at SmithAeld early today and tha riv
er had fallen a foot tonight from the
reading at t o'clock this monitor
Although the upper Tar Is now
falling tbs river Was at 29 foot, 14
feet above flood stage and still rising
slowly at Tarboro tonight- Tarboro
itself baa been tittle affected by the
Hghwater bnt Princevllle, negro com.
mualty across the river, was a desert
ed village today with water lapping
at tftb Unit floors rtf Its houses. The
river has al*° flooded the state hlgh
say leading to Greenville and Bast,
em point*, cutting off traffic. A flir
ty foot flood crest has been predicted
(or there tonight.
Latest reports received by the
weather bureau said the Roanoke
river at Weldon was 39 feet or about
9 fast above flood stage lata today- It
Is stUI rising and a erwot of 42 fast
is predicted within the next 24 honri.
State highway number 40 U under
water there, halting tragic over the
main Artery to Norfolk. V*- Flood
renditions along the lower sections
of the rivers are not eapected by
highway officials to be so severe ag
they were along the upper sections
because tha rivers broaden la the ex
treme east.
Kinston is exited to be the point
of greatest danger ae waters from tha
Neuae which passd Its eras! at Smlth
fleld thara today. The weather bu
reau said the crest would not reach
Kin Mon for five days-
Stewart to Sfcow Folks
Floods From The Air
At Stewgrt, North Carolina's pram.,
ler svistof. Isnded on the Goldsboro
municipal airport yesterday and pre
pared tq take the folks for the air
1 1da today • nrf *h® w thenl th ' floods
•‘I tell you."’ said Stewart after
coming down "Yonpcan't tell any_
thing about it until you get up In the
air like that. Saw some hog* out
there on an Island and the water ria.
|r>g all around them. Rooked to me
like they were In a pretty Unsafe
place too,” Stewart will remain here
ever the week end. taking passengers
frorf> the airport near the Griffin
' Park. , , a . .
GRIFFIN IS
GIVEN HONOR
Wml Point Promoted Gokloboro
. Boy to Sorgooat for Skow
ing Aptitude
(Special To The News)
•WEST POINT. New York. Sept *1
For displaying special aptitude la
both academic and miliary subjects
at tbe Military Academy here, Cadet
Thomas N. Griffin at Golds boro, at
the opeaing of the lI2IM academic
year was promated to tie grade of
Cadet Sergeant by Major General W.
R. Smith. Superintendent Cadet
r horns* Griffin la tba son of Mr. M.
*■ Griffin, 4*2 Mflberry St. Boaria
of officerh studied the record* of or.
try cadet In the first class before re
commending to General Smith that
Griffin be given the additional honor
and responsibility The entire promo.
t*on system at tba Military Academy’
I* competitive.
The selection of Griffis was baaed
on a merit roll compoaonte being
considered. Scholarship 2* portent:
Demerits, 10 percent: Drill II pereeat
leadership I* percent; Bearing and
percent; ad other aettvUea. I percent.
While Regular Amy officers »up_
ervke all drill a considerable aaaoaat
of actual instruction in given bp the
cadet offclare and non commissioned
oi fleers. The discipline of the Corps
Is ahfc maigiy exercised by eadeSi.
nadon this system Griffin trill bn_
come accustomed to handling and
training men. thereby bettor fitting
himself for 4 commission as lad Lieu
tenant which will be tendered him oa
grad nation ant Jana
• ’ r o • i .... .'
Day of Atonement
Is Celebrated HMw
,At 1:10 tonight serriqM trill lapis
at Temple Oheb Sholum tor the flay
of Atonement. Monday mortal aer.
vices will begin at id o’clock and
pr ntianc to sundown. Monday careless
will Include a memorial'aenrite at 4
o'clock in the aftemooa,
, The Day of Atonement la th# hottest
day la the Jewteh Calendar and lb oh
served with class salon from labor,
fasting from sundown to sundown,
and with services on tho oven of the
Festival sad through tho entire dap.
la Biblical times tela day was oh.
served with special rites and sac rifle
es, outstanding ware the scape goat
sacrifice end the high Priest*# ea.
trance to the Hair of Holies, the oa
ly occasion of the year he waa permit,
ted to do ao. Today the Jews asks
forgiveness for his shortcoming bp
prayer/’
Rabbi Frennd will officiate at all
service*, and will preacb at 7:M tn
the evening service and 12<20 in the
morning service. In the merning aar
mon he will review tbe events of the
Jewish people during lust pear.
The public la welcome to all #ervte_
ee.
Tbe following stores will be eloaed
in honor of Tom Klppur:
H. WeU and Broea.. teases. Heilig
and Meyer*. Kadis’, Ooben’a, Shrago's,
Army Stork, Max Cohen’s Market, A.
A. Joseph'*.
TWO RIVER MEN
DIE Ilf FLA MEH
PHILADELPHIA, Sept 22 -i Two
Delaware River barge captain* wore
burned to death Friday, on* losing hie
life In an unsucewSihil attempt to
save hi* companion /
Cary Maxwell Is Awarded
Another Heidelberg Honor
Cary Maxwall, non of Mr. and Mrs.
H. a. Maxwell of 404 Park Avanue
baa been granted a fellowship of IMO
mark* by the Unbolt Foundation aa
an aid to continue h<* studies at Held
, I berg, Germany, for another year,
nla parents have been Informed. The
award it direct from • German fund
'•for exceptionally gifted foreign stn_
dents" and ia much bought after for
the honor aa well aa tha monetary
value.
Young Maxwell who completed hid
college coarse at Duka University,
last year won an exchange fellowship
at Heidelberg In competition with
students from many American Ualver
title*. This moat recent award “ ta
Hade to him upon the basis of the,
SIXTEEN PAGBB TODAY
Flood Damage To Crops
At State Hospital Here
Will Be About $12,000
BOREN IS MADE
VICE CHAIRMAN
CoL Umßi Makaw It Clmt
Organ list ton Not Upawt
ed With Ltffion
Norman A. Bona, of Greensboro
waa yesterday named aa vtos chair
•uaa of the Democratic Veteran* Ot
ganlaatton la North Carolina bp Col.
John D. Langston, state chairman.
Dan • Elina of Asheville had beta
teed visa chairman anriter M Km
week and there rsasains to bo appoint
ed oa* other vine chairman to com
pinto the state orgaaiaattea. 001.
Lang at on said. Tba third ana to
ha named will be a woman, ha daclar
ed. f
' In aangnaelag the appointment of
Mr. Boren. 001. Laagetoa .called at
tention to toe tool that the Democrat!*
Veterans organisation la in no wap
connected with the American Lepton,
he said.
"I want it daftnttoly understood
that the I cmodVatk* Vetoraae Orgi*
ixatloß It ta la no manner auanoated
with related to or attempting afftlatt.
ion with aap ot the standard Veter
ana Orgaalaattamt such as the ARtori
tan Legion, Veterans of Foreign War,
and Dtaabled Valanma. N* tot li
hatter knows that tea Amarfean ip
•ten a* aa Organteatlna to not la pod
Ipdlykinil ViNjMHMk'’
ate flrrt of all AmerteM eltteeaa.
Oar plan for tin w map sign pen rid aa
far a direct appeal to the invMttvnal
Yeterana Irrespective of sap affllla
tiona be may ha** with aap ad tho
Veterans A* n Lagtan
aair* myself 1 would ant want anyone
to violate that aplandld provision In
the constitution of tho Amerioan Lo
gion which muhoa It n non partteoa
body of War Veterunh."
MR& ELLIOTT IS
TO SPEAK HERE
’ ■ 4
'whMMkdMMi ** '
Hunter CoUom Wotonai WUI DM*
cum Smttii'a Wotfnro and
Educntkmnl Work
RALBIOH, Sopt: t»—<AV-Over M
speaking engameats have been mad*
for Democratic ore tor# is North
Carol las aext week and other# will
be added before the week Is over, O.
M. Mull state chairman, aauouated to
dap. \
Part of the week's Ac bed a let Moa_
dap A. L. Brooke o fGreeeOboro at
New Bern. f
Tuesday Hens tor B. Tyson of
Tennessee at Fremom.
Thursday Josephui Daniels of Ra.
letgb at Kiaaton. |
It waa ala oannotraced at Democrs
tic headquarters today thM Mrs.
Maxwell Hall Blltott of Hunter Col.
lege New York City, has been tents
lively, booked for an address in Oolds
bora the second week In October.
Mrs. Elliott will apeak on Governor
Smith's educational and welfare
work, v J
fine record which ha made as a stud
ent at Heidelberg.
The peat summer he was offered
an Instructorshlp In Columbia unlver
tlty; but declined thia la order to
continue his studies In Europe. He
has Spent the last several month*
travelling In Kagland. Sweden and
other countries.
On August 36. he wrote his parent*
frpm Vlsby. Gotland. Sweden;
"Now at last I’ve settled down some
where for at least three or four quiet
days. And In what •' lovely plaoe.
Honestly I believe it Is about the
lovlieat apot I have struck, utterly
nub polled by touristic exploitation
aid yet having more to show than
•oat places that are. When yon aad
rsiUtwa «• Pnie am
* 111
MFJipm aa *
KBBASSOCUm
PUN
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Onw Hnlf W FHm Cm la Urn*
Covarod By NebTli Ha «,
Wntmry RmU *
“^■sagsw
Crari as FM Dm Btohii3oM
And AWvp
With onnjmll ad dm crops of t%£
water from dm Nonap etpaeted. daM«
aga to Um mm-U tea Btato Htopl,
tel ter ten aepra Ipaana bees wtlk-
lULtod. Dr. W fS. Linrilto
**Tto*Ltttl* iTSVL ME
MflUviiy, Dr* litTtttt aik M tl#
/woepiwgfl * mmm >
•Ywwßw
tevhm to Rs depth on tea aaytepi prop
Um Neos* to tha moat of Jh| JtodiX
N*di iikMw mMt' H^(H
itißCHt
Jum mt oaasaa |ka -
V'RCw wMw FMaMp
hot * large area 4m iCded to Un
watery rate. In dm Lrida Waehiac.
•tree* organised ferry
means of patting to and team tetete'
, «NP— 1
~Thg eight fires* Mb Ik the One. #
air darby from to* Angelas to Okc *
ctaaatti took oft tor* today far Ngn*
Blast Aek*- another eight aoatrwb
ttaalrat lOMoetoek.
senTrqmSql ]
AGAINA* HOME
Ftadb Hg»|totp Imm Pn
B-tNgni Vnwmmn jjt
LITTL* ROCK, Ark., flapt
-Back htom after Uto aailae
travel tbroogh too Inner torusa* at
Democracy, the BeUd Boath, flaootoa
iloe Roblasoa tonight planted tha i£
question at tha top at the Uto
of Issnoa to ho nnTJfl tha aampalga «
"Without doobChe said flpaa Ml
retura bare, “the religtooa gasstteg
Is foremost ’* 'j
Tba Democratic vice praaldentJaf
MBta* explained that (ana relist
•ad prohibition ware vary fNgueatlft
mentioned hot that these two gees.
Urns wave shoved oat of flvflt ploag
by the quaetioa of reUgioo which tog
bean injected la to polltM
Govaraor Smith membership la thff
Catholic church." „ |
Moat a t tha people already atawf
that Oovaraor Smith being g membas
of tha Catholic church, "MB no morg
to do with hla official net* than wg|
membership la tha Msthedfat church
has to do wtth my per* famine «0
public duties. J
Throughout Marly throe wsahe at
campaigning, the Senator toaehto
upon this queetiso la every toflrsani
' Tima and ttoa again ha gontad froast
tha c oast ItuUon of tha U. dsoltaeg
it strictly prohibited say rellgloag
•eat as • quailflaatloo to told otogg
and said that Qov. Smith a* WIiUBj
•f New Teak had #howt» Magfltflf to hg
aot a Catholic. Methodist to Bagtoff
for govaraor hot a groat AfMtoflto
governor who halloas* lb the earn*!*#
separation of chamb apd