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' IWE ATHER (PMtaUr Ihtr TkarMb; Nfaj. C°l4 or Eut portion Tfcsrsday Rising tn>. peratur* la weal Wfcj. VOLUME SEVEN; ‘NUMBER 241 MELLON REPORK ON U. S. BUSINESS CONDITIONS ! '- , ■ . ■ .’- . • ; ' ■■ * , f. . Conditions Only Three Per Cent. Under Totals • Os Previous 12 Months Liquor Enforcement Now Con. rerned With Domestic Manu facturer of Intoxicants /ANNUAL REPORT FILLS A 91-PAGE PAMPHLET Conditions of Agriculture Gen erally Were Better During Past Year, Find* . Washington, Dec k—upi— Bandying about sum* running into t£e billion*, Secretary Mellon h*s found that business, which reached a low point in November* and D*-cem her of 1#27. finished the flacal year ending June SO only S per cent be low that of the presiou* twelve months. In hli annual report the financial chief of the administration rram H In. to a At pa ye pamphlet a formidable i.rray of flßurea showing tfce intri cate fiscal Operation* of the govctn ment and dealing In detail with a*ri. culture, customs affair*, taxes, burd lies* condition*, prohibition, and a greet many other thing's and with rc*rcely * note of pe*slml*m for the fntur*. Atrlcnlture. a* a whole, he *ay«, mad* substantial sains. Automobile i'rodnctlen experienced a major turn for the better during ttyufear Export trad* was but lightly under the pre vious f* r *nd Imports h*d but a amall decline. As to liquor, he say* oaly about 6409,990 gallons was Iden tified |n foreign poHl'as presumably destined for th* United States against 144)09.000 gallon* th* previous year, incidentally th* SecreUpr *ays that diversion of leg*l liquor.'lbcluding in dustrlal alcohol, I* no longer tb* ma. jor problem of domestic law enforce ment, but that illicit manufacture from augans and grain is the princip al source of supply of the domestic market'- The prevention- of drug smuggling be believe, to have been improved. At the opening of the fiscal ycnr. the Secretary nay*, the volume of business was nearly on a par with th* year previous but soon feel °ff reaching Its minimum In th* !w»t two took pl*c* »"d the monthly volnm* thereafter was sustain? about equal to the same month the previous year. ‘ There wa, an increase both in price* and tn total c**h return* for the crop* anTTrodncts n * ,h " ye * T 1927 2* a, compared mlth those of the year 1926-27. this inerease repre senting th* net result of gains in •ome products and loess, in others.” he sars of agriculture. “The average price received by the farmer* during the fiscal y*"r increased about 7 per cent whlldSßfhere was s slight de crease in th# price* paid by farmers tor their pnrchsses. according to price data compiled by the United States department of agriculture The idvantsge of thl* Increase In avrae# prices per unit produced was partly offset by a decrease in’volume. A* the net effect of these two for***, the es tlmsted gross ca*h Income from farm products increased in the fiscsl or crop year of 1927-29 by $279,000,000,- or 2.9 per cent as compared with the preceding crop y*ar. A* to automobiles’ he say* monthly figure, indicate that* general de. ,Une which began in November 1925 ■ t reached It* lowest point In November nnd December 1927. tsst the year ended with Junejuly production nearly 95 per cent above the produc tion of tb? same months of 1027 The total for the year, fiowver. was 13 per cent below that of the previous vear. Export trade, the ' Secret"rv say*. j»ached t total value of $4,977,000. a •loeaeaee of 1 * P«r cent over the pre vious vear whlli; Imports agrrecated 14.146,000,000, a decres-e of 2.5 per cent •* compared to 1927. In reviewing the finffhrlil *itua tion Secretary Mellon call, attention i that the gold «»ork of the United Statrg de-rrased nearly J from t,h* $4,600,090,000 on hand »t the beginning of -the year. Tbe-outward .V. . *.*........ m , . .. THE GOLDSBORO NEWS * % * . READ IN THE MORNING WHILE MINDS ARE FRESH—READ BY BUYERS BEFORE THEY BUY. * ' * STUDENTS FLEE BURNING BLDG. » 0 ■■ V ■ fcouisburg College Sustains lamo of SIOO,OOO When Main KuildinK Rums HENDERSON, Dec. 6.— 1/P) Eire of undetermined origin early today -tiestroyerl th>' main buildlsg of Louis I urg college, at LouHburg. N. C . driving 7& girl„ ami the night In scant attire and resulting in injury to two firemen. Tbe lo*a is •stimated at approximately SIOO,OOO. As a result of the Wasa the atu dent*, all girls, numbering between 150 and 300, today wer* enroute to their homes to remain over Uhriet ma*. Arrangements to resume classes cannot b* m*d« until after January 1. it was said. Th# fire la believed to have start ed from th* heathrig system. It was first discovered in th* chapel, which is on the fourth floor, by two sisters, named Knox. Vhose home hi at Lib. erty, N. C, their room was on the floor with the chapel. Arou»*d shortly before 1 o'clock they opened th#ir door and saw the ll*me*. Hurrying to the first floor they rang the school bell giving the alarm. By doing so they lost all of their personal belongings but were credited wtlh saving the lives of many of the 66 student* and 10 toachei*. in the structure. Firemen from Henderson, Raleigh end Rocky Mount answered a call for help from the Lourtburg department. Although the main building wa* * mas# of flames, the firemen *ave<l several other newer building,. Morn', Clifton, J*oui*bnrg banker, was slightly Injured when a chair hurled ffom the building, struck him on the head. Marri* Davis, Bender eo« fiEeman v wa, struck by a falling brick. A Raleigh fireman wa, slightly injured. Prominent Raleigh Man Dead At 8£ r I RALEIGH. Dec. 6—(/P)—James A Higgs. 89. on* of Raleigh's oldest and best-known citizen* died suddenly In a sanitarium her* today. He served throughout the war between the Statei as a member of the 3rd North Caro llna Cavalary. He was a native of Halifax county. w Davis Urges More Strict Laws Against Immigration WASHINGTON. Dec. B. (APt—Ex. tensive revamping of the immigration luw* with the purpose of further re stricting the flow of aliens into the United States Is recommended by Secretary Davis of the Labor'Depart ment in hi> annual report. Dealing with other phases of the de partment’* activity, the document «. t (mates that tn'»re th»n J,4t)b,ooi) workers, men, women and children, have been placed in jobs during the ' year by the government employment service, while its a*ent»„j)f concilia tion. directed L Kerwln, ‘ „have intervened In 478 di* ’ putes during the year, aerkl'ig to ter. tnlnate dispute* that disturb* l pay* rolls op which 350.000 . workeia are counted. Work of the burc*tn engaged In 1 f pedal aervs. e for women and child 9 r«n. for the supervision of natural' ;at lon of al'ena, and the statistical study of wacea, price*. *t»d indti*irUl ' economics »re likewise review'd and 1 the Secretary's final wor' ex»rc*ge great satisfaction with exi ting In* 1 t-usUMI conditions, and optimism so. even further betterment >u th" fu ■* fur*. The chief effect of the Immigration , i i jdat'orj /le< r-Lirv Davis .;y»pr.tv>-d | would I*' to cut the intmi ’i'ili'Mi f- orr* a Mealed, now running at nearly S'i.oo t p peryatr, to whghtty atjnvg t.onmctnr j leaving undisturbed the raovnpi hi Dont other countriea of the west* ru Prayer Opens Seventieth Congress I Wf " m ) Jtti MRBHHHpMr- - '!ss*■ null n . '*“ i9H IS ■j HT * -'TTTf t r *' v*tl * MUI si fT ■ n! t iHyii 111 ii LI jt i—am 'SBt ■ITSfiC/ ’Jw H M ■ - -JR R.* A, Vh ..tLW. I a M n r JP7 1 M Wig The photo above shows the Rev. James S Montgomery, chaplain of 1 the House of Rep resentatives, reading prayef. preliminary to PERI AOCLUMS U. S. VISITOR Cheering Crowds Line K-Milt Drive As Hoover Appoaches Lima LIMA, Peru. ijhc. 6.-(/l T l-- The “city ot Kings rccelv d Herbert Hoover with pomp and pageantry of crlorful tradition underlaid by prac tical modernism. Prom the time of arrival of the B"t tioabtp Maryland off Callao early Iht* mnrnltrf urti;lT the ecfimtftcd tlrne for his t|*partur* late tonight, Mr. Hoover was given signa honors by the Fed rial and municipal gavernrr.cnt* and hy the plain proplc who turned out In thousands to greet him both In the principal port aud the capital of the t < public. 4 A* tho battleship came to anchor r.eaplsnes of the Peruvian navy *a luted it by circling over the ve*sei time and nguin, while .VJr Hoover rwalted th<* call of tho foreigu min Ister. landing In Callao, Mr. Hoover »a, greeted by Mayor Carlo, Roe in the l ias* Crsu where naval and military guards were drawn up la his honor Amid the cU*e:, ;i of thnusgnoa who t ress <1 around the automobile* parry, lug the Hoover party the president elect drove the eight mile, t i Umu., ’ Cav;«lry guard, were stationed 9t short Interval* along Hr wry. The road w»y wa, decorated with such placard* as “Hoover, symbol of a greu' peodlei’ The l ulled Ktaf » t.nd Pi i u March Together." hemisphere. However, It would also compromlre the dispute ltd Ween tho "quota" and "national origin’s’ math «ds of determining admissibility to the fitted States, mid would relievo route of the handicaps miw impu ed on alien-, who nyo ndmltt’il^ He recommended a tween the quota und national origins methods of determining a<tmi-dh!e numbers and Indorsed the proposals to fix a quota limit -to Immigration from North and South A mere an countries, which tiow have no qoot .> ■ Following the slowing down of im •niar ‘lion from" Europe, tino, v i<-. a li.rgv utcruur in the number of '<!•"( lean* entering the country,’’ the . c«- rotary continued. "They took tind are • utlnulng to take Ur pla* « folmer ty filled'by «outh and ej<t European-. I’tidet existing l»w they can continue Ic come in Increasing number-', ! >* ! they undoubtedly will do. In in* rpas Inc numbers, thus defeating oie of I the main purpose, for which quoit I laws were enacted, namely, to pr“ mi further «v< i crowdlm* ot our la 1 1 r market. I "I want to ay rmnhatlcalty til'd 1 I entertain no iVd'kli '■ asjilnt tho ts people <\f tiny CVtuntry. hot i being aft lj rclut'dy convincedthat The btrr : "rs 1 that have heed erected to prevent the 1 rotting of unlimited Europe*" labor ! hnva provm to be highly beneficial, 1 it,' 1 is impossible to avoid the ronVic k ] oa P»tq su./ - - , \ W GOLDSBORO- N. C. THURSDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 6. 1928 £33 " 1 STUDENTS ENTER SLOGAN CONTEST lliffh' School Hovr nnrt Girin Os "fer Kxrellrni Motto* For Ch«*nl ' ~ 6 Htud lit, "f the Gold I* )fo Hldh rchool proved themselves to l he quite Vlt-ver m th* coining of -logans, a* lie large numlKr of catchy and np p uling nultoei turned in hy them fu* it* c in trie' fourth annual appeal “f the c’omnittlty cbgvi. sevqtlci!. Aft pri)xim»t«l'. fifty were anbmft tin by thrs*' young ,«ho|*r<tios, an.L, many of them showed unmistakable -igtn of talent. s -. It was a L orl of cont ‘4t whlcli • hrmrkht the deluge, pr. Charles, It- Miller, chairman of this year’s Chet appeal, a*ked the atudont body of the Irtish i-h'iol to coin a slogan for the drive, offering «« an Inducement, the publication of th" name, of the *tud ent.produonjCtha he .t on*. Th- - UltK>t committee which had the ctuning of the tlngnn met and read ov r llioae -< nl In Aftur i limmatlng ell but fr hit. final choice was made of thl* one *nhntltt' il hy a member of !iA Eugllnh cla«a taught by Mi-s < hr latino Vtwk: “The qiirlt »f giving 1* the'spirit of living.'’ However, due to' the fu<h of get ting out the publicity on -hort notice, another slogan bad ni e'dy been printed ou the l ,i' r< g [ othgf'blts of material RUll, th* committee tleci-cd that the abive ,r: 'tin Aa * jWotlh bringing tot t 11. ' 1 . si te >ti >n of till 1 public. At Hli* juirt'cu ;tr time, whrn financial dilficulti'e*. tine to stringent time", are piioiting >a on the destitute of the city, there U murh net d of th« spirit of giving amom; those who are fortunate enough to have the wher’wlUt to give. gome htv worthwhile u g#n. submitted bv rite WAffte class that won first place are I ‘'(living In th* Joy of living," “Op'n ycnr tw*rt and give," “Give w* you would, to your brother; ’ -*\Ve are - gt|. broUmta::" “Take ftme to give, it will help you to live.” "Spyi.l 1 • 'tv,- more f r the Cominunlty *'l <t;’ “(riv.- to ttu p°«r ■' nd be h«pr v: " and lav, the. cheerful giver." The of tbtrie (Continued on f’rig,* h'ottri .-- - / - 19 Days to C?irir,tmas Tar Tuat «< <jt. o.‘«> ceitv LOT mcA s oeoP TotS hOuj in roe PiCKtc sjoikS- ir nc cot,-rr o*c« To TRucttiw' w’ sJqvn.p Ltl - ( l»lCK AfcA|N f / r ■ w y -« *5&’;W ' ■ .( (ji-.’R«l.'“ l!'Stt > . '•/ :i a Wkm ■ rf[.: %W r Chrwtma* -c.ih hdp prevent Relapses y , ’ ' 1 : , \ ... opening of geventieth Consftes». Program of bills outlined ghowg trend to program of President-elect Herbert JHoover. ! KILLED MAN TO TAKE HIS WIFE I bit* Is < hiinrc Confronting Paul Heed, Illinois Young Man -Sjgm ‘—— -—| ROCKFORD, 111., D*c. s—(g*|—A brother and a. neph*w of Paul Reed Rockford youth charged with the mur. der of Verne# Plag*r, alao of Rock ford hy nttactilng a bomb to the start cr of I'lager's automobile lust July i day tesU&eu tb* defendant had *toh'c cyuamtt* the day before th* bombing. Arthur Heed, Paul’s older brother, stifled * tor the first time In six months?, the ‘jlny before Plager was killed, seeking o> namtte. Kenneth Reed, Vcraon'a ten, and I aiiUji nephew, told how h* end bla cnelo hud stolen three sticks of dyna piMo s*tue. p rrussloti cap* and a length of fu»e frog| the county high nay commissioner's shsck that night Several former neighltora of the Ulager's told of the alleged love affair between Mrs, Ivy IMager, the "slain iiau’e widow, and Paul Reed. Th# t.it„ contends Reed killed Plager be cause of his Infatuation for Mrs. I’luger. ’• „ : t IHTOHT OI’ITM . W ILMINGTON, Del.. Dec. 6—GP)- I ntied Httße* Senator T. Coleman Dc Pont of D lavyare has resigned hi* r iii at lit the senate because iff hb health. , i 2 Rape Cases Thrown Out In Wayne Superior Court Charge* of rape ngain*t two Nf groe i w>ro y'nterday thrown oat in \r* y iw cbuniy Biii< r|«r court*. one {«««' alii -... i»k fotvyory settled a«d trial of I,<r®y Warrick of Ornntham, chared with a'aatilt upon hi* wife, rfnrted. . * ... "I don't think we will go any far ther in ihi»." «:iUI Solicitor William* ! aft r Jesse Thomaa, young *o»' or , r ohn Thnma*, Negro, charged with rape by Lulu-' Morgan, had told hi* ,to'v- Th 't t I' M the Wearer. The alhartd net w a 4 ' supposed to have b an witnessed hey and he wa* offered n» n witness for the ! Ttate. He had b«>a instructed to re- j i lite what he *aw when he walked In | 1 to the room, reputed a* the scons of the crime. je**ee de*rr;bed th* woman "* will -ii-!v r< ct ivtn,* the attention* of hi* father, t A ked »h»t happened when he en tered the rootp, the hoy said the worn, r-n «ot up and "throw some paper on the fire.*' > . t The raae charging rape »giin*t In per fhrnos liy Addle Bryant j c'.so il’[-tnla*ed> the court ruling that i valence m to e r ime w»a Insufficient to w.irrant the charge. .1 It \\>Ua. ■ nr«-t ni r unty iiiiitc manc-cuhmltted- to a charge of [erging two cluck* on Carl Whitley, end wa* found not guilty of forging one on Mainour,’* DtpartuK-nt store- I < hmi a =r=-= ,-njrai.iWl. ,„ ~ ,' Wli .i.Si Little Boy Seriously Injured as He Dashes . 0 ‘ Into Path of an Auto m* . t ■ > o CHECK FLASHER BELIEVED HELD Joe A. WilKantfl of Mi. Oiivt Arrented And Held In - Jail Here 1 v Clever sleuthing on tbe part of member* of the local polio# depart ment yeaterifby I*»<le4 In Wayn* county Jail Joe A- William* of the Mt. Olive section. , barged with check flashing. The case wan immediately I rmight before tb* grand Jury and • true hill found. Police are convinced that William* had gone into th* check.flashing business. Wli*n arrested the mag had three check, with names of prom inent Wayne county met. signed on 'hem.' One wiri for $1 and signed by the name 0 f s. J. Creel of lit Olive and another for fit and signori hy the name of Hamp Kornegay of Mt. Olive. Attempt* to cask a ch*ck for sl4 and signori by th# name of D- B. Burns, -Goldsboro dairyman, led to the arrest of William*. I# hi* pocketa «t th* time of hi* arrest war* the eames and telephone numbers of the Brown Drag star*. Murchinson Drag •tor*. Pahsc* Drug Store and Vlnaoa- Drag store. Police s*y that his game wan to rail the stores; tell them that It was D. B. Burns "poking and to (sit If they would «u*h * check he was ■ ‘ ndlng down. -- Tn person he fSlled at th# Andrews Drag Btore and attempts to cash th* check. The proprietor of this store Identified him positively as th* mu who attempted to caah th* check 1 after he was arresled yesterday. Police s*UI that M waa possible he had secured money for other check* Wllllsms, they said, h a brother of a Williams who pasAd through her* about a year ago and forged g chock for a large amount on W. O. Mitch nnd who I* nhw doing a term for forgery in Guilford couaty. Add Warren Knocked Down 3 Times, Wins DURHAM. Dec. «.—<*’>—After b<|ng knocked down three time* In th* Brat tound *nd ending th* qpaslon raollnq end groggy Add Wurron cam* Hark In the second and knock'd out George Averp with a right acrooe t« the In a Imut her# tonight- Lm* 2foo fans saw Warren mak« his s-msatlon al o*m> back. In thia n*t he proved that h* wa* not In Uold*horo on the d»t# th«t th* tr.rgerp wa* *aid to have takep place. In the other two cnee*, Judge Dan >l* suspended aentenced upon pay ment of cost* and on cohdltlo that Mr. Whitley be relipburied for hia loss*". The etted father of -Welle wa* t. rnnrf to plead for mercy from the "court. % “He'a * good boy. except when h» i* drinking,"’ Mr. We|i» told Judgo Daniels “then the bad crowd take* him along to get the money. All he ad* out of It i* the drunk.' Judge Daniel* enquired of Mr | Well# why the good clttaen* of flreen* uid not orgjjnige to atop liquor drink. ing, Sported a* of considerable ea* tent. ■ , "We have, Judge," Mr. Welle re plied, “Some of u* are giving good time to it a'id we have sent three to the road* for U." The *t*t» had reited >n the charge of aesault against- Leßoy Warrick when court r«ij>e*»*d for the day. Mr*. I Warrick testified that her husband had kicked her, leaviag a largo blue place, when he remonstrated with her , tor kicking one of the children and that on gnother occasion „he had -t 'choked ine down on the floor." J"he tovttmony of the children and of m-lghbor* wa* offend by the state la corroboration. . ■* * • MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS — I ■ .1 PRICE FITS CBNft Tnw Nature of Injurks of Bjr> nun Adams, 8, Will Bo $ Known Today -< GREENSBORO MAN WAS DRIVER OF THE AUTOr Exonerated of Any Blame 'la ronneetka With lajary of The Boy Bynum Adams, l.y*ar old ton of Urn. Will Adarea, a widow, area sart oualy injured yesterday afternopn wh*n ha d>ahad Ip to tha path of tha automoblla dr|y*n by R E. Liter oI v Oreaaaboro In front Os tha ptxtotflet drtreway on North John Street. It will ba ImpoaaiMa lo datarmtn# tha 'xtaet of the tai’a Injerton until X-ray pictures can ho dtreloped taday. It waa aatd. 3ynum. accordion to an ay* wit naaa. had baon playing with throo llttlo Na«ro boy*. Th»y cllmhad onto tha ranr of an nntoaoMla perfcad on tha eastern curb of tha struat tha Nagro boya Jumpod dawn presently and Bynum attempted to do ittewbm Hla I ana warn too abort for tha Jump * and a foot caught In tha ranr bumper, throwing him too* Brat to tha para, mant. Rla nose waa bloading whan ha got up, and apparently atunnod from tha effects of tha fall ran un aaatng Inlja th* path of tha oar driwi by Mr. Utg* front of tha car atruck tha boy and h» want down nedor It Mr. Ldt ar. badly upaot by dk ooderunoa, waa not aMo'to aay whether or not * wheat pamdow tbalk'kMeai *ka - mw It- bo tok Tha Mown, "aold that a whoat wont orer him and ueethor •*M it did net- 1 think somepa* of thr car muat have bit him. them*, -n«r ba fall, boonnaa I could fuel it It waa tarrlbla.” and tbo Qruoeaboru man wrong hla hand* nervously. Bofnra tha r*ar wbaola bad poaaod o»ar tha boy, howsvar, Mr- Utar brought hia car—a Chevrolet caoah to a halt Mr*. Liter wan aoeompaay. l n * bar huahond at tha ttaw of tbo accident. on* report doclarod. Anotbar wa s that on# roar whooi rtappad op tha boy’a ckaat end hod to he puahad off. Mr fAtar, wha la amploya-i hy tha M. O. Newell how** of Qiuoanheru 08- ” a aalaamap of dairy n.achlaary, hod Juat chaekad oat of tha Hotgl Odds boro and waa. an root* to Ralatgh whop tho accident occurred In ardor to b* of apy anaintopno. how aw, ha rp. •elatornd at tha hotol bar* and ro. malnad overnight Officer, who H»- va.ll gated tha oaoo agrodf that h« waa without fault la tha matter. Tha tittle boy waa harried to the <ioid»horo Hospital hy fftmoe Lewis end K was aeM last night that at pa ■ time has ba loaf eonasiouapow since th* accident Ha waa abla to gtva hla name when entered at tha hoapttol ASK DONATIONS OF BROKEN TOYS a High School Student, Will Re pair Them For Benefif of Unfortunates < „ Th* ‘udrnii of the Ooldaboro High % School harr decided upoa a moat prof it able wayto upends th*lr miautaa. ' r hU profitable way la In making toys for lan* fortunate rhildran. Work started yast.rrlay morning and MW* - Jsnt* I pock. Is acting a* supervisor. The purpo** of this article W to aek mothers, father*, and Children to rather up the toy* that ar# scattered a boat th* houae and gTVe them to aomo high ichool student. who will ba glad to bring them to school where they will he worked orer before being dis tributed. if any one hat *o«na dona tion to make and has no way of g*t- ting It .to* the high echool call tS-J end -om* an# will call for H. Noth ing l« to old to ba remodeled by thane Mudcnt* and frequently toy* that yog may consider worthiest and WOT» owl can be made Into a flrjJ claaa may bring |oy to Mk heart of eonse yout»lT»l*r that w*uld nth'rwkte b* without toys ChrtaUuaa. #
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