WEATHER
Fair Saturday ami probably Sun
day not mack change la tempera
lure
VOLUME SEVEN; NUMBER 249
THREE AUTO ACCIDENTS IN HEAVY FOG LAST NIGHT
Luby Edwards Says No
Lights on Trailer Os
Truck That Hit Auto
Mr. Edward* Sustain* Slight
Flesh Wound Ah Car Stands
On U* Head
BRIDAL PARTY IS IN
ACCIDENT IN WII.SON
Two Accidents Occurred On
Highway Number 10 South
Os City
The soup-thick fog which clutched
the earth at dark yesterday and non
United until about In o'clock last
i.tfrht resulted In three automobile
reddenl» In which no o«ie wan scrl
oualjr Injured Two of them occurred
'in hlihway forty south., of the city
and ohe on highway number In just
weal of the city.
I.uhy Edward* of Virginia strcel
was Injured about the head when hie
automobile was In collision with 4
truck trailer Jual went of the over
head, bridge on number In about !t o'-
clock laat night.
"I had started to my farm," Mr
Kdwarda tlod The News "and met
tyhree cars. The fog wan thick and
tha light* pretty well blinded me, but
I thought I waa by the earn when I
urge In colllntnn with the trailer of a
freight truck."
Mr Edward'a. car wag knocked
around and stood on iln head down
| an embankment He sustained a
flesh wound In the forehead Hrnt
aid waa rendered by Seoul Executive
W. W. Hirer*, who carried Mr. Kd
ward* to hts home where a physician
waa summoned and pronounced btm
aa not having sustained acetous
I utta.
Mr Edwards |ald that the trailer
which hooked hla car wan travelling
mat ward and wan without light* J
E Martin wa* the driver of the truck
end T. L. Dyeert the owner No ur
rcata were tpede.
Bale of Colton Topple*
fog also contributed to the acci
dent In which one of the motor
ft eights plying to Wilmington lout a
bale of cotton at the .Venae river
bridge early lakt evening A* the
truck entered the bridge, there was
a awerve of the trailer and a hale of
cotton toppled overboard. Men In
charge of the freight had not dl-<
covered the cotton after searching
sometime for II and It wa* thought
t landed tu the river.
Van Moekel f ar W recked
„ J. Van Racket's car went over an
embankment laat night about nine
o’clock when the dense fog and blind
Ing light* of an approaching car on
the highway just at the road which
torn* off toward Grantham'* store,
combined to cause Mr. Van ItockelV
non. who wa* driving to lone the road
one wa* hurt The chief damage
wai/the shattering of all the glass In
the car.
«■' - if
Hr Id a f Parly in ArHHeat
Four member* of the Mutilia-MUl
len bridal party were In an arclden*
rear Wilson yesterduv about I p in
*s they were riding front their home ■
In Gatenvllle toward* Goldsboro to
attend the wedding here Inst evert In •
o f Mia* Pauline Mttnn* and Mr. .1 0*
Mullen, of Galeavllle As. the Chev
•otlel sedan In which tlifey rode nearer!
th-e County Home Just out of jVllson
a woman nttddenlv drove from a eld*
road Into the highway and collided
with the Chevrolet The latter rat
waa completely wrecked but no otic
waa seriously hurt. Mrs .1 C Cross
slater of the bride who rendered the
wedding music In spile of her Injur*
suffered a badly Wrenched bar k Fol
lowing a maanage to thy home of Itev
R F Munns, pastor of St. John Melb
•tdlat rhurch 111 the city and fattier of
Mre. Cross, a, car was sent to brine
the four tin to Goldsboro other mem
her* of the party were- Mr. .1 C
Cro»* and Mr. ami Mrssj. J C Meed
er, all Os (Jateavllle
Work For Rural Clubs
Suffßested by Brooks
RAKBKIGH V C. Dec 11 14b
r>T K r. Hrook*. president of N C
State college wa* the principal
speaker al today'* meeting of farm
end home agent* In annual lonter
t,nce at the college.
THE GOLDSBORO NEWS
READ IN THE MORNING WHII.K MINDS ARE FRESH—READ BY BUYERS BEFORE THEY BUY.
City Schools
Not To Close
With full data a* to the num
ber of case* of absences before
them, a committee of the school
hoard and health authorities yes
terday decided that tha influetixa
situation al present does not war
rant closing the city school*.
There were absent from the white
city school* Friday about
children;' us compared with 2.,ft
the day tiefore ft was pointed
out, however, that not all of Ihe
the son urn ill. thal some have
»
dropped out to take Christina*
holiday Job* and I hut other* are
out for other reason*. The school
authorities, howevwr, acting with
health authorities will make a new
check at Ihe end of Monday with
the view of again examining Into
the situation.
BELFAST MAN IS
SERIOUSLY HURT
Fear J. W. Bn an SuHlain* Brok
en Back In Run-A-Way
Accident
J W Bryan, about -45 years of age
*ho reside* on highway numbei 4ft
about two pities north of Belfast,
»as probably seriously injured In a
* una« a" awWeilt at hts hon e about
* o'« lo< k yesterday afternoon
Mr Brvan. With A Negro helping
him, was bringing bav to the sliell
■r. \* the two mule team wat driven
hi.dor the beams of the shelter, built
o one side of the Imrti. the animal*
in some manner became frightened,
They ran Mr. Hryan made attention*
ifforta to stop them, standing up
In Ihe wagon and pulling upon the
Urea. The Nogin who had been help
ing with the work Jumped to save
himself.
As the team raced front .the shel
ter. Mr Bryan was thrown against
the lieuvv timber supports to one
title of the hottse
-A telephone tall brought Dr Smith
if I’lkevllle to the scene and he or
h red an ambulance and had Mr
Bryan conveyed to llut Goldsboro
hospital
Dr Stailh. who could not he
reached last night. wa* quoted a*
laying that he feared Mr Hryan’*
ark had I Mien broken.
H u>re Corporations
Are Planning Merger
NEW YORK. I?ec. II 1/ffV-r Nego
tiation* for a virtual*.merger of the
entertainment facllltb*ivg,|*f Die Ra
dio Corpocntlon of America and the
Victor Talking Machine Co.. were
practically completed lodav All de
lalls were withheld pending an offt
clnl .iiniduiM cnH'iit which Is ixpsctif
lets tonight or tomorrow
Board to Talk Taxes With
tv-
Wayne Co. Assemblymen s
I’lanitlng to lake an active Inle>e*
11 efforts' to secure lower tax 1 ate
it r the counties through tJrtiori-. of
the next l.eglslature. the W aym
county board of
session yesterday morning adopts*:
n resolution calling upon Wayne
representative* In the General
•emhly to meet with the board tbi
first Monday In Jaiiuarv
\t tbl* meeting the hoard wBI go
thoroughly Into matter* Effecting tic
count v es|»ectullv Gives Those wlc
will nteet with the hoard are Dr H
R. Ivey, rlwlwl l** tlt<* »M*iiitt*’ uii ■
Gurney I* llimhl and W W . \ii(ln*WF
'’lerteri to Ih# 1 hoimt” of r*‘pr*M#*tilu
Thf» hoard l*> uoffvt*.y t •
thMt r«*pr«*a**i»fHtlvfv ih«* h#*uh** »»f th
aa tht*y lnt»*rprr» If
to th#* Slat#* r*»l t**v in pc thi» tax hu.r
Mim on tlo* count*
Th«* paat hoard of cot»imtH»*toti#rH J
of whom there a it* K»vrral men*
mi th** (inun), Hcvcral month -
alto ronfemplat#N| a movement In
which they should lintte'lhe ivttiH,’ 1
Telephoto of Stirring Sea Rescue
A-- - - - - ■ '
f. ~
*
The almvc pniwtp (how* U S sailors rgxcittng mcmlicrs t>(
crew ...i fsoltti.il lisli:ni> Uaiße Mine Seas, whichJLtme to Rrtci
(ever; V'|,un.in >1 milt . oil San l hreo The Jte seen,
untyinu two of the chfuni ted nicic One nj the pair later died.
formal (Jiristmas Oprnm*'
Proves a Sueimliil Kvpnt
HOY,ALL AND IIORDKN TAKE FIRST l t \ WINDOW CONTEST,
NEIL JOSEPHS SECOND ANI) 11. WEIL
AND BROTHERS THIRD
Santa (Titus spent two hours lit
Goldsboro laat night for the format
l hrlstmii-. opening sponsored by the
Goldsltoro Merchants Associatton and
the Chamber of Commerce and shook
futtlda with exactly 1,211 children ot
ihe city a* he led the shouting, danc
ing. horn-blowing .(lining Into one
tlore arid out mid Into anotltcr.
Ik _
Follow lug closely behind -Kaitlu w:t ■
Ihe secret committee named to select
'he best decora Uni window They had
a JjHtd joh, for there w.c- a mimhcr
of good ope* to look al. After many
ballots they picked the windows of
Itoyall and Borden tor first plan
Nell Joaeph for second place ami the
men’s department of H. Well and
Brother* for third plaee
One of the and Bordelt win
dow* *howed a home-like bedroom
on Christmas night, a soft glow In
the fireplace ntufTsd aim king hang
Ing about and a child sleeping peace
fully In a comfortable bed In the
other window there 1* framed In the
background a lovely decorated Chiiiß
ma* trev Dominating the walls, of
the room 1* a picture of the ChOw,.
bathed In a silent silvery radiance
The formal opening was launched
from lh«c step* of the i oiirt
MISS COX 1 KF.I D
HAYWARD, Dec II <4’t Miss
Valeriy Cox. Minneapolis violinist,
wa* acquitted In circuit court here
l way ”f first degree murder charge--
Plowing out of the flcujh of Kdmi
*.l-ott, Minneapolis song w i Jf
.lUly, follpwlug a resort party uoar
Httvward
boards of commissioners of all conn
'le* to titilic with them jn con
terted action for county ti\ rislue
tlon In the State It I- understood
'hut thl* plan may now be tarried
further.
No decision vii< teaihed upon tip
vecotnmandat ion of the I t grand
Jwev that the cottrlhouse ground
himld he Immediately impf/ived It
wijs the sense of th*- board 111 thl
n atter thal si meflilng must he d vent regarded It a* a marked »ut
| cess. -*•
ELECTRIC CH AIR
FOR ILLINOIS
Three Men Today Have Distinc
tion of Trying Out New
Death Machine
* - ft
JOI.IKT. 11l , Dec. if DP> With
the stale l>'i;tnLrg| pardon- iuul pa
, 10I1; and (mt- gowrnor rcumlnlnft
paaalr* to tholr plea for etataaewey
riornlni-ck I'r- -itl. Indian. nnA John
y
Brown and Claud t'taik Ni-uroc , to
| day were taken to death cflls In
Stale prison to await the distinction
ot being the Dr»t men to die lit an
ileclrn' idialr In Illinois.
I - ,
10 Days to Christmas
t rsSi®»T*7|
l t flAOtii AD
.5 ~yLf rj ) WOMIU w«jtt
S * ‘'l ) NI ' UJ
( ) '• "aiff*
S /.'praam U *s**»ev a (-abo,,
svxv/
-V.
x \v V-
Buy Chrtitmai seals They teach
that "Omvce of Prevention”
FLOYD JONES
TAKES FIRST
Hum I I«kK of Hens Which Aver
aut-d 171 Errs F«r One
Year
I 111 first* Home Eg| laying Cnu-
Test ever youdinleil In Wav 11* Coun
tv ha* bcnti completed. Tills contest
was held under the Mupnrvlslon of
the aaststant county agent. Fifteen
Poultry men of the county entered
their fltm ks lit the contest. Curd*
v.till blank* In In- tiTlcd out by the
poultry men were mulled out each
inn* 111 uiul when tha flock owner had
totaled up his or her mouths rucord.
these turds were returned to the as
slstanl county agent who TTtUft tire
i arils until tin- end ot the year. Aa
soon a* the last month* igrii citmti
in, which was lor October, the aver
age .production per belt per year was
computed. The prices were offered
tor the IrtVhest average production
for the ytiui
The last of these report carda hath
nist been returned and th< final re
sults have been worked up which
are ns follows Tfh> flrat prlie goes
to Floyd J Jones of Goldsboro. Route
Willi a flock of &n Rhode Island
Red hens, which averaged 171 eggt*
pi r bird for llut -year This prtae I* h
iiiihi chick oil hrouttar donated Joint
ly by Ihe lm at hriittc hot Rl*a*r tt
tvahlnow!•? tin tin era ot Ilvis pttul
try, anti tic Goldsboro Milling and
Grain fvtorugr Co.
The second prl*e waa wtwt hy' P
II Barms of He yen Hprlnga. with a
Mock ot 7a Blown l,«ghprlK hen*
whtih averaged H7 <’gtc« per bird, the
prlxe being !>0 Hhoda Island Ret)
fJtlcka donated by the Wayne Hutch
cry to be delivered any lime In Jan
uary or February.
The third prtxe wa* won by V. N.
Hm» of Golds burp. Route 1 with «
flock of .15ft White leghorn hen*, she
average produetlon being HI egir-v
jir bird Thl* prl*e ’.a a hugcGif
‘‘Happy’' laying mash donated by J."
M lUtgertoii K Hon*. w
ORCH ARD C ASE
IS CONTINUED
. I w
Shootinß of StHle Cojleffc Frrwh
nu*n Not To lU* Tiicd At
This Term
RADRIGH, Dee 1t Trlul of
the North ( arollna Hi ale College "Ap
ple Orchard shooting case" Was con
linio-d today until the January term
of w'ake county superior court. H A
Miller, superintendent of the cqllege
orchard and Marshall Hoover. Negro,
bl* assistant, are charged with felon
ious -i- unit Iti connection with tbo'
-hooting of Dixon I, I’oole, Jr, hi l
'ege freshman from Hpartanburg. s
F., last October
IBsiver Is said Xo tiave shot Cool*
w hsii he Invaded the oryhard at
night The Negro *ubl he acted mi
tier Inatriictlon* from Miller to fire
,-it all till ruder*. Governor Mr l.eatt
look special (ognlxance of the case
ind the Htale college trustee* held
two meetings to Investigate It
Al the time t'ooln was.shot II was
feared tip would not recover, but ral
Bed and left a*'week or two
Dozen/ Other Colleges In
South A re Closed by Flu
ATI.ANTA. Gil., lie, 11 Tvslnv .
1(11 eud of lnflucn/.fl lu tin Hotitllc
brought alemt the closing of a don 1
or more colleges. A number of public
■ bools took similar action.
In North f'urollna. Davidson Col
lege, link Ridge, High f’otnt College
and public school* In Henderson and
Vance county, of Spencer, the South
01 Railway division point near
HalispUl vgfsr rbleed. Clfy school* of
HallHhury rentalnmi open
' hlcora College for Women tit. Co
llimbla also suspended classes. The
Florida .State College for Women
t<*ik a three dkv advance Christmas
recess The Florid* -college reported
iftfi cases of litffttetixa Tltc disease
«M w«U In hand they said The ac
Tion was taken a* a precautionary j
’m-iuure. and at the instant »• of par ,
ent* who wished Ihelr girl* to retnrn
lmnip ;
The t'nfver*tt.v of Oyit tanner a al-1
>0 snspbuded today. The spread of
the disease has not been confined to
sihctoU however, a* the criuiiual j
Call 150 Veniremen In.
Securing Jury in Case
Against ‘‘Shack’' Tyndall
DiHaaterouN Fire At
Pine Level Yesterday
Damage unofficially eallntaiad
at In exceaa of fftft.mm resulted
when fire of undetermined origin
early Friday destroyed the office,
seed house and contents and a
dwelling of he IMlie l.vvcl OH-
Mltla at ITne laivd, Johnaton
rounty town. Principal damage
waa In the destruction of the large
quantity of dotton seed stored In
the seed house, it was said Heroic
work on Ute part of Pine lievel
fire fighters, aided hy the Helm*
tire department, prevented the de
struction of the nil mill plant. Th#
fire was discovered shortly after
midnight Friday morning This la
the second dl*a»( remits fire In
Johnston county within Ihe last
ala days, flames having destroyed
tha American Dollar Hiorc at
Hmlthfleld laat Halurday night
KING GEORGE
NOT SO YELL
♦ « c'
Experienced I)iiiturh«d Day But
1m Apparently Holding
Hlh Own
UkNDON, Dec U DPs The con
dltiot) of King George tonight 48
hours after an operation tor draining
Uta lufin ted area around Me right
lung, waa less favorable The eve*
.ping bulletin recorded that Ills Ma
V tv hq, passed a “somewhat dls
lurhed day" adding tiiat the general
condition was leas satisfactory, al
though the pulse remained steady.
Official circles Interpreted this a
laying there had been no setback
The steady pulse Indicated a goon
heart action, a mutter of print# im
portance. »
Additional reason* for continued
hope were found In (he fact that to
tlay'a bulletin* were signed only hy
Hlr Hugh Rigby, the gurgeon, and
Hlr Htaiiley HrfWoll and Lord Dad
soil rtf Penn, tile regulur physicians
The (act that other pliygKMan* had
wot htVn 1 irllod was considered proo*
that the symptoms were not unduly
disquieting
Today's announcements were Uriel
The morning bulletin said:
"The alight improvement lit Ihi
"Vlng * condition noted 'last evening
Is coiltßlued Any progress must be
-low and difficult ” • , j
The evening announcement In full
was: “
“The King had a somewhat iIIh-
Mtrhed day and the general condltlou
l* Hot qiilte *0 satisfactory. The pulse
however, remain* steadv."
MIfM. HKHHIf DU HKTTi: OUll
t'DI.t'MBIA, H C Dec, 14
Mrs Ib’ssle Igrudetfit. widow of A E
BotidcUe and life long resldnnl of
Golumhls, died early today after an
illttesq of two month* -o'
“court at f'haltanooga ritcen%ed until
.1 niiu.iry due to tho prevalence of
the disease. 1
lui ksou. Ml** t courts also recessed
Public schools of Home,. Were
0
iiddetl to the lists of those closing oil
account of the dlueaae, hut a- a pro
-111 ut binary., measiire
Mthough the disease U widespread
health authorities declare It Is In
mild form. While urging cßlxetis lo
lake precautions against IttfectlMii,
tliey declared there is no cause lot
alarm. ,
( oolidge May Not Be
Able To Come South
X— '
WASHINGTON, Dei 14 t>Pl Tlte
ondltlon of Mrs. Coolidge's mother,
j Jrs. Bom Ira Goodhue, ts such that
the president may be obliged to fore
go the trip w.lrlch he had hoped to
ijitake into the South during the
j Cbrlatmga holidays,' 1
MEMBER OP
THE ASSOCIATED
PRESS
PRICB rvn Cl NTS
Everett Jones, Eyewitness, Telle
Court That Tyndall tired
Three Shots
STATE OFFERS THREE
WITNEBBEB FIRST DAY
Greene County Jnry At Snow
Hill Was Not Sooted Until
4:30 Yesterday
Tbe stole feed offered three wU
ueeeee against Shack Tyndall, white
man, charged with killing Bunn BAfe
a
er of tbe Bull Head section on OS'
tuber I past, when Ur sen oounfjr
court adjourned yesterday tor tl»e
duv at Know Hill. a . .
a * i Intercut, due to the prominence of
i lie a lulu mau and to the manner es */r
hla kilting After being captured to ‘
i '.mmla. Tvtidall had been held uatM
I hla week In WUetyh county Jail far
Mate keeping.
LOFTIN
UPONCAIJOWS
Ends Our of Moat Porolatgfefty
FoujfW Gdiral Canos lit -mV
jfttwiasipfii * * '
MAONOIJA. Mlae„ Dec 14— MS-~
Smoking constantly. but apparently
calm. Holier! Persy l.ofton today
went lo hi* death on tbe gnllow#s
He pionnied the scaffold* naalded
looked out over llie spectator# while §
guard* atrapped hla arm* and leg*
Mild he had nolhinr lo nay and died
while a Baptist minister recited the
itrtrd I’aiilm Hl* eeecutlon cloaed one
of the most persistently fought legal
hat I lea In the hlaiorv of Mississippi
Five Mine* he wan aaved from d«Wh
hihl Malay, almoal «lmultaueoualV
with the springing of tha trap. an
other liulgc ruled against an luJ'Rg
lion sought by hi* attorney* to ator
the sheriff* hand " '
I,often paid Ihe death penalty for
-Minting down J K. Westbrook. Me-
Comb chief of police on Augnet I.
when the officer went to arrant
»,|m . In a rooming house for passing
a forged check.
I .often pleaded that he did not
know Westbrook wa# a police chief 5
1 ml appealed Me original sentenee of *
Ihe l ulled Slaton Supreme
,0 "" .’ •* 1
waiting decision fee brofe*
mi of jail, rambled ewer Mbs IhfeM
si.ite* and Knropn and UQMaSsUitt
.* J-Jl at t fitolfl