WEATHKK
Bair Wednesday and Thursday;
slightly cooler Wednesday in Weal
and North portion.
VOLUME SEVEN; NUMBER 180
COTTON CROP IN STATE CUT OFF 150,000 BALES
Rot Develops After
Rains Ot September,
Schaub Report Shows
This Docs Not Take Into Ac
count Weevil Damage. Or
Flood Damage
data is Fathered by
MANY COUNTY AGENTS
Report of Findings Are Given
Out From State Collage
Office in Raleigh
•RALEIGH, Sept 25 </f»> The cot
ton ctop of North (MrolJna has been
damaged 160.000 hale* liy September
rains causing rotting of seed cot'on In
partially open bolls, d**clared I O.
Schaub of ‘State College after tabu
lating results of a survey by county
agents in the principal cotton pm.
during counties Os the state'
The amount of damage runs at* the
•pay fron about 5 per cunt In tome
rountlea to aa high aa 26 and 32 per
cent In otbeia with a general aver
age of about 16 per cent for the Mate,
the dean okld-
His Information was secured by Ihe
agents'counting 500 bolls on Id dif
ferent sections of each county- The
counts were made in different parts
of each field and the results carefully
tabulated.
This damage does not takp into con.
aideration weevil and flood damage,
Dean Schaub aald.
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SAYS RELIGIOUS
TEST IS UNJUST
H. L. Stevens Jr.. Remind* Vet
er&iiM of Oath Which They
Took In 1917 fff m
Opposition to Oovernor Smith as
the Democratic nominee on Account
of his religious faith, "la striking a
death blow ft the very things that
service men fought stamp
out,” declares Henry I*'Stevens. Jr
cf Warsaw, In a statement issued
through the Democratic Veterans'
Organisation headquarters here Mr
Stevens is a former commander of
f the North Carolina Department of
the American' Legion, and Is now
Judge of the general court of Duplin
county. * TW'JP
"When our country came to draft
men." declares the statement °f •'t' -
Stevens "they were not asked what
church do you belong to and when
many_ of them laid down their lives
on the field of battle, for all church
•a. for all business, for all progress
and for civllzktlon itself they were
not interrogated as to whether they
were Protestant. Jew or Catholic
In fairness, and fairness Is the creed
and motto of service men. ctin the
people of this state, of any State,
say “-You Catholics can .and must
serve your country In time of war.
•d If need ba. give your lives, hut
you cauuot servo your country In;
time of peace.'
"Every man who saw World War
or Spanish_Amerlcan War service
took a solemn o*th to 'uphold and
defend the Constitution of the United
States which Constitution aaya thut
'The religious set shall never he
required as a qualtftatton for any
office or public trust under the
United States", and «ny attempt to
'bring in the religious test to my
mind is an attempt to violate the
spirit and the letter of the Constltu.
tion. Tlie oath I took In 1917. so far
aa I am concerned. Is Ju*t as bind,
lug on me now as it w«* then and
wilt be until I foreswear my alh>_
fiance from this country to that of
another. I believe that Is the Ottl,
tude of bones ex service man"
Lindy Visits Chicago
On “Business Trip”
CHICAGO. Sept 25 (VP) Col. O.
A- Lindbergh arrived here today from
Cleveland, from which he flew with
Myron T. Herrick, U. S. Ambaasa,
uor to France ♦
"This Is purely a business trip,!,
declared Col Lindbergh. I'm" flying!
about the country aoley in the inter_
cbt of the Trans coutluential air
transport Mr Herrick will go on to
tfca Pacific coast by train. -
THE GOEDSBORO NEWS
BEAD IN THE MORNING WHILE MINDS ARE FRESH—READ BY* BUYERS BEEORH THEY) Bint
Red Cross Fund Here
Reaches Sum of $255
Goldsboro's contribution to the
Florida and P«*rto Itico relief
fund mounted yesterday to 1265.
with the local chapter of the Red
Cross renewing Its appeal for
further donation* It win* pointed
out thut Goldsboro contribution!*
ty the fund have been much leas
than other cities of llilh slxe.
Thefollowlng list of contributors
were announced yesterday. ' ‘
Dr. I). J. Hose | 6.00
Cash 60.pU
Minnie Boyette 5.00
A. Daniels .. 10 00
Cash ...... 200
Mrs M. K. Robinson .... 600
Mr*. K. 11. tiorden 600
Mr and Mrs. 11. F I**.'.., 10,00
BERRY GROWERS
ARE TO PROFIT
Order For Farriers To Start
Refrigeration Service Has
Been Issued
o -
Strawberry shippers of Mt Olive,
Faison and further South will profit
Kiterlally If an order lasued In Wash
itigton 1s carried out: v
The* Corporation Commission in
Raleigh has received notice that Ser
vice Director Jlartell of the Ynteratate
Commerce Commleslou lias re<mß_
vtVnded that the Commission order
railroads operuttng from the berry
growing section of North Carolina
to provide refrigerator express cars.
Commissioner Kartell heard the
testimony In which North Carolina
O *rW
thlppers set forth that they were be.
mg discriminated against in favor of
shippers of other states who were
provided the refrigerator car service.
If this recommendation Is followed
Corporation Commission officials
said, North Carolina strawberry shl
l*ers can get their berries to northern
market quicker than at present which
will mean they will arrive lu better
condition and demand higher prices.
Appeals For Funds
For Storm District
o
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WEST I'AL.M BEACH, Sept. 25 -
(/P)—The Pulm Beach chapter of Red
Crosu today appeal to national head,
quarters to "initiate a move" to raise
>12.000,000 for rehabilitation of the
storm swept area In Southeastern
Florida.
The appeal was sent In the form
of a report of conditions, placing the
number of dead, In excess of 2300 and
the number of Refugees as 12.200.
The report, addressed to John Bsr
ton l’ayne, of Washington, national
president of the Red Crons was algn.
ed by Howard W. Selby. chairman
of ihe Palm Bench chapter and Geo.
W. Carr, chairman of the relief com,
mitt.ee
Leaders Meet Saturday To
. Plan New Year’s Work
Community club work among the
12 rfir»l consolidated school section*
qiffihw county will be planned fur till*'
year at a meeting called for Saturday
September 20. at 2 p rn The cull wa
issued by Ali Veaxey, chairman *ti«l
by Miss Itertha Caseys) the latter sec_
retary.
Community work In the rural arc
tlopit ban f>cen carried on with mark_
cd success durluK the pant two years
Two meeting* are held each month
Ht each club and one i* given to
cducktlonal purpiaie* and program*
and the other to a movie program At
leaat that ha* been the plan During
the two year* a great deal of inter_
eat In the club meet Inga baa been
aroused and the various conjmuulttea
Alamo City Ready for Legion
8"" — 1 « 1—
Tenth annual national convention of American
Legion wfTl be held in San Antonio, Texas.,
Oct. 8-12, sessions being held in city’s hew
(2,000,000 municipal auditorium (above), a war
South Carolina Now Feels
» Crip 01 Floods On Coast
GEORGETOWN. 8. C„ Sept. 25
(/P) Thousands of acres of , low.
lands In Georgetown county were
under w»ter and many families were
reported driven from tlirlr homes to
day as the flood waters from heavy
rain* In the state last wees, flowed
to the sea in rivers ufothls beet lon
With the Pec Dee rising at an estlmat
vd IHUIqI a foot an -himr. the Hautwe
<>n a rampage ami the Good stage on
the Black river practically station,
ary. conditions %-ere declared to be
growing worse every hour.
In addition the damage to crops
and homes, numerous, bridges have
already been swept away and high,
tray routes cloned In many sections
Miles of roads are under water.
The Pe*- I»ec i- srhe.lnl.-d to reach
Its crest tomorrow hut the high mark
of the Santee is not expected before
the end «of the week. Before the
Hoods began to recced the number
of homeless Is expected to increase
and the total damage to mount to a
high figure More than 1000 acres In
the Pee Dee hection of the countv
TO DETERMINE
FLOOD DAM AGE
Uses Airplane to Gather Data
And Photographs Along
Coastal Sections
WILMINGTON. Sept 25—(4*1—MaJ
nr W. A Snow. C S. district army
engineer, completed an airplane sur
vey *d Eastern North Carolina today
n an effort to determine the approx
iniute damage done by the reecut
flood* in the <-<a*tnl region.
Piloted hv a Fort Bragg airman.
Major Snow flew up and down the
craatal section, photographing and
mapping and gathering data which
will be forwarded to the engineering
department relative to possible ac.
tion with flood prevention In the
, O* s *
roKion.
aroused to civic project*. l-a*l year
the number attending ihe meeting*
wPan about e<|uabto the entire poputTV
tlon of Wayne county.
Thc°follow nip t* the call for Ihe
1 (-organization meeting «ent to lead
i r* of the various dub In the county:
We are calling a meeting of the
County Central Committee of, Corn,
intinity cltib* here at Gold*boro next
Saturday. September 2‘tth. at -2 pm
lc the Community Hulldltig* I‘lan*
should be made for the biggest pro.
grarti of Comdiunity ifflb work till*
year that we have ever "had.
You are expected to meet with u<
and we will ]ook for you. We want
your hel|i and cooperatiou in Ihi*
work. Please do not disappoint m
GOLDSBORO. N. G WEDNESDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 26, 1928
and 2oofl acres In the Santee section
are flooded. Cotton, corn and hay
are submerged and believed practlc.
ully destroyed.
Miles of the territory In the An
•Irews section Is flooded by the Black
fiver with no fall nrcfhe^stream yet
perceptible. Many of those homeless
,*re In this area.
Malay tars Karoo nr 4
wILMING+nN CJR> Thirty or
were reported ma.
tmined on highway 20 between Cape
I ear river and Alligator river tonight
at* a result of high water hacked up
over the Cape k>ar causeway by
high tides.
Kerry boats wet*** having difficulty
In moving car*, unable to reach them
md were making trips with 2 arjd 3
machines Instead of the usual 12 or
16 Highways officials on the scene
udlrsed motorlsA that the should,
cre of the causeway were washing
away and an attempt to drive
through the 2 or 3 fset of wAtOP
would be made at their own rlsa „
The tide will fall In a few hours.
CHEEK LEADERS
ARE NOMINATED
dnldshoro HJifh l’repnre* To
liack Its Football Team
This Season
»
Yesterday morning Ihe C.oldahoro
High SchiHi) football team was given
a big round of encouragement when
the Htiidunt body_JuJd » pep meeting
at (Impel time andfjLtrst forth In
with the school soifg* anil ( beers 1
Nominations for the coveted position
of cheer leader were made and each
of the nominee* gave a demountra_
tlon of theD ability to lead the stu.
dent In the yells.
All five nominees .showed ability
and with a little practice any of
*hem should be üble to get a lot of
noise form any given crowd of root
( rs The nominee* were: Wvstt Kxum
Archie Date. John Henry Pike, Pau_
linn I’anncll and Veradis Robin *on
The election will be held Thursday
morning and the elected will
lead the student l>ody irfi jli.f'jwTmnb
•yell and Nuig* in prepartion for the
game with Fkrmvllle Vrlday
from \Mf xt •■pon*e of the studCnta
It looks a* If the High school stud..■
enls are going to support the team
a* no High school find ball team has
ever been supported here before.
HI NUKED MIHIIUN Mil Nil
iKthkitkk hi inn
MADRID.. Sept 2b I/P) -With the
dead and Injured In the N ivedjide*
theatre fire for thp most part person*
of small mean* I hem council of nlln
l*ters Is expected to appropriate mon
cy for the relief of stricken families
Approximately 100 bodies have
keen recovered" and the fire chief es
t mated today that as many as 40
others might be found lu the ruin*.
memorial. Left, Edward E. Spafford, national
commander 6f the Legion ; fight, a chow line
outside San Antonio during training days of
'lB
RANEY GARAGE
IS DESTROYED
Studehaker Complete I/om and
Chevrolet Is Badly
Damaged
Fire originating Ip a vacant room
over a garage at the home of L. A.
Haney yesterday morning about 3
o'clock destroyed a Htudebaker Bin.
ouslne and badly damaged a Chevro
let. Prompt work on the part of the
firemen prevented the flames from
spreading to lh# kit* hen qf the house
This part did take ftr* but was ex.
tingulshed.
It wax,believed that the fire orl
gloated from defective wiring in tha
room uvar the garage, formerly us.
ed #* a servant's room As estimate
of the damage could not be hod lost
evening. It was said that there was
tome Insurance on the Htudebaker
but none on the Chevrolet
Mr. Raney was out of the city at
(he time, and In driving back yester
day, His car plunged off the highway
Into a deep hole opposite tha Adams
filling station on highway 40. The
highway,was under water and Mr
Raney was said to have failed to re
member that the road .curves at the
point and to have driven atraight
ahead A wrecker had to be called to
pull the car out.
PORTES GII, TO
BE PRESIDENT
Will Take Office December I,
AC The Expiration of
(’alien Term
MEXICO CITY. Kept 25 I/P)
Emilio Fortes OH tonight was elected
provisional preshlenr of Mexico by a
Joint eeslson of the Senate and cham
l.*er of deputiea.
He received 277 votes with none
opposed. He will take office on Dec.
cm her 4. on the expiration of the
term of President ('sites In place of
General Alvaro-. Obregon, the regul.
r,rly elected president who was assas
sinated last July.
May Establish Poultry
Routes From Goldsboro
According Jo ii statement given |
(ut from tin* fMiamber"of j
lant night. W, Denmark hax Juat j
returned froth a buainena trip to
Philadelphia, where be Interviewed
Kliaer and Kabfnowltl. The»« peo_
pie are very mm h gratified at the
hutinoHH I hey handled through their
(ioldeborn plant. laid year and advlae
Mr. Denmark that they would not
only buy poultry but that they* would
buy egg*. through their plant here ;
during the coming; tall and winter.
Thi* information will be received f>y
the farmera of Wayne and adjoining :
counties with Inlereat aa the aur_j
plua egg problem haa been a hand! i
cap to tho poultry ralaeri.
Farmer Would Get Aid
From His Government If
Democratic Ticket Named
Highway 40 South
Is Aga'n Open
For the first time In eight day*,
traffic moved through yeaterday
from Goldsboro it* Mt. Olive and
Wilmington. Traffic went through
hut it was necessary to proeexd
cautlosly, and with care over n_
long stretch of the .road from tha
Circle filling station paift the
bridge over the Neuse This area
was ntlll ( under waUr yesterday
that came up to the running board
There were a number of car*
cars drdwned nut Ip attempting
the passage aqd one truck aud
three cars plunged oft the high,
way where shoulder* are worn off
by the floods and Into deep pools
'on the edge.
By this morning, the concrete of
the road will probably again be
• out of the water.
DR SMITH IS
CLUB SPEAKER
Rotary Will Entertain Women's
•Federation Council At
Barbecue Tuesday
While the average of human life
has been from 31 to 52 yea r »
throigh prevertlv* medlrene In the
Inst 20 year*, this lengthening aver
age tun been accomplished In the
main through savin* the I Ivan. of a
greater percent of babies at blrtM,
declared Dr W. H. Hmlth, speaking
on "How td& Live ls>nger" before the
Goldsboro Rotary Club last evening.
It was a 20 minute talk that Dr.
Kmith mad* hut he packed every
minute wlth-fa'tq* which held the
clqne attention of the club.
Indolence and Inactivity la aa d*n
serous aa is overwork" said Dr.
Hmlth. stressing Bw* necessity for
reasonable exercise if on#** body ib
to be kept In good condition.
(Continued on page two)
ASK EQUIPMENT
OF CITY PORT
Department of Commerce Hay a
Hangars Must Be I Maced
To Complete Plana
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The Department of Commerce !h (
Washington, through a questionalre
11 reived by the local Chamber oC
Commerce yesterday state* that they
are anxious to Identify the Goldsboro
Air port on th* national air route,
t.ut before doing thlh-. the grounds
will have to be lighted, hangar* #r_
ected. twel station installed. and
other equipment necessary to *c_
comodate flyer*.
It was stated last ntght that th*
original air port committee of the
Chamber of Commerce Jointly of the
air port committee of th# city council
would he requested to meet and de.
vise ways and me*n» to comply wlfh
tie rub.* and regulations of the de
partment of commerce whereby our
air port will be recognised.
The Agricultural Committee from
the Chainlier of Commerce together
with Rinser and KabinowiuV local
manager will. In the nest few day*
tour Koetern North Carolina for the
purpose of reaching a decision as to
whether or not. truck rogtea into the
Goldsboro plant from different »ec_
tlon* of the Kastern part of, the state
would he feasible
The poultry industry i* rapidly
growing in Rustem North Carollua
and as soon an It reaches a point
where the volume will Justify ihNt
nationally known poultry concern, it
will establish a kilim* and packing
r> ,
plant in Goldsboro,
MRlftlliy Oi
THE ASSOCIATED
PRESS
PRICK PTTR CINTR
Thin ia Derlaratitm of U. &
Senator Tyaoo, Spooking
At Fremont Last Niff kt . P
BELIEVES SMITH WOULD
CALL CONGREBS TOGETHER
Coonty (anvaaa Iftunrhcd A(
Fremont On Loot Evening
Witk Hundred* Preoent *'
The only hop* of the America*
farmer 11m H» th* election of GoveC,
nor Alfred K. Smith and th* Demoer*
Me ticket |
If Hoover I* elected b* will b* fore',
ed. In order to h* con*l*i*nt with hia
l>ant record, to t*nn* pn order r*«|tttr.
inn that white end aegro worker* m
•II branch** of th* federal govern,
mmt work *ld* by aid*. d*ak by draft
without regard to eolor llnra.
Th*** wyr* point, which o*n*rat
I awrance 0. Tydea, Uatted Btatra
Kanator from T*nn*****, emphasised
lax *r*niag In en addrraa at Fremont
Th* addrraa launched th*
ranvaa* In WayM county aad »aa the
drat of a a*rtra of mrating* wMdft
county candidates will attend at ear.
loua voting place* la Wayac
o*n*r*l Tyson waa greeted by aft
audience of h*v*ral hundred oho haft
gathered from Ooldaboro. Fremont,
Plk*vlll*. Eureka aad th* country,
abount Fremont la a two hoar ad_
dreaa, Oensrai Tyeoa covered much
r round and brought out away couvtae
lug arguments »s to th* a*e—Hy el
supporting th* *nttr* Democratic deft
•t. Th* Tennraara Senator did aot re.
sort to nay of th* spread wgb oratpi?
methods; h* dM not rely *u “high
pressure" tactic, which Would W
through atltuulatlon of rauttowei*
l.a marabalud hi* facts oee upon da.
other aad tha quiet, dignified maeber
of th*lr presentation added weight M
the taints made.
"1.5 t me warn you lu concluding.*
said Oeneral Tyuoe "That If Norift
Carolina goes Repehdcaa aattoaaßy
thft year, thee the entering wedge )d
created and yon may aspect to eae
North CaroHaa go RepuWtcaa M .B
state la the Best election." He cited
what had happened ia Me own statp
to prove this warning. _
"Let me warn you again," »* i*M.
"That if the solid Booth break* th*e
y*ar and Oovernor Smith fnlle of tha
«lection because the Booth hoe depart"
ed th* faith of ita fathers, then tha
Democratic party N doomed."
Cel. Mb latradaeed Speaksr *
Col Edgar H. Bala, chairman dft
the Democratic veteran* orgaalutioa
in Wayne connty presented Oeneral
Tyson, relating tab record *e a solid
-inr and a* a etateamaa. I
'w A. Dew, chairman of the OP
mocratlc executive committee of tha
county called the nutating to order;
declared the! It was • Democrats
meeting and that tha Democratto
rospel waa to I I
preached "We aren't going to Hour
trite any eUehr," raid Mr. Deeh. and
the crowd cheered him.
Farm Belief Qnestien
In ebowlng that the only hop* far
the farmer today lira la the election
of Governor Smith, Oeneral Tyeoa ro
viewed the Republican record of tha
l»st • year* with reference to agrl
ctultur* He recalled that In th* I>M
Platform the Q. a f. promised relief
to th* farmer aad did nothing Hi
recalled that the promise was Pa
pealed In 1924. aad then he showed
bow the McNary Haugen farm aid
bill was defeated through Repuhll
ran support( how .it waa vetoed by a
Republican president, how Repuhll
canh hod deflected on thir own Mil
and refused to para It over the
Coolldg* Veto.
AH this he said, la the face of tha
fact that every other important
division of American lift today has
been legislated into prosperity
through governmental regulation. Hu
cited how railroads were enabled to
make a profit through their rata
filing powers conferred hy th* gov
eminent; how thr banks were prop
perous through Ih* nation wlda
Federal bunking system; how labof
we* allowed the right combine far
Its good.
"The farmer remain* the only
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