a
WEATHER
Partly cloudy, possibly rain on the
coast Sunday. Monday fair and some
what warmer.
VOLUME SEVEN; NUMBER 257
WORM) TODAY OBSERVES BIRTH OF CHRIST CHILD
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Something Os Spirit
Os His Life ■' Will For
One Day Rule All Hearts
Family Circles Once More Draw
Together Around Old
Home Fireplace
YEARLY XMAS PARTIES
HELD IN MANY CITIES
Man Cetaea His and For
Brief Space Looks Into
Greater Thing*
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2S,—!*»>--
(;»«r a nation at peace with the
world the Christina! spirit settled
down tonight to be hailed nowhere
jnore joyously than in ita capital.
The vast machinery of the govern*
ment was at rest and Its chief exe
cutive and first lacD joined with the
rest of interim's mU5 ,Hn * i n prepara
lion a for the morrow which through
out the Christian world signifies,
peace, good will to men.
The thoroughfares In the business
district, like the main alreets from
coast to coast were throng with last
minute shoppers. Including Mrs.
Coolldge. who for a short while today
robbed elbows scareoely noticed wjjh
the bundle loaded crowd.
The ahopplng “throng* were In
creaaed by thousand* of government
workera who had been given the day
off by special order from President
Coolldge and who, one and all. ap
parently turned out to complete their
purchases for the holidays
The White House was bedecked for
the Christmas season The windows
were garlaiuhlyirlth wreuths while
over the door, of the portico at the
nprth entrance, one wreath, larger
than the others, was Illuminated with
red, green and Nrhlte lights. Inside
the huge reception half 4 was backed
' W |th polnsettas. their red blossoms
'standing out vividly against a back
ground of green.
Mr. and Mrs Coolldge have arrang
ed to leave the city tomorrow for a
visit to Sapelo Island off the Georgia
coast ,
While It Is not certain whether the
president and Mrs Coolldge will re
turn tu ttm efor the customary New
Year’* reception many In official life
usually present tfplh* ceremony have
left Washington Included In the
group who have returned to their
homes urea number of cabinet offi
cers and members of the Senate and
House..
In the capital s Christmas eve pro
nfiHn two event* drew attention- the
IMrttng. of Iti6 community Christmas
tree by the president and the tradi
tional singing of old Christmas car
ols on the lawn of the White House.
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CHARLOTTB. Dec 25 --UP' Curo-
Itnians today prepared for the ope day
■’X In the year when virtually eferyßslV
tukes a day off from work to c-cde
brate the birtjtday of Christ.
Throughout North Carolina and
South Carolina preparations were be
ing made for the usual extensive
celebration.
But few Industrie* planned to con
tinue operation and In most Instances
work was suspended that
might remain at home wit “Their
ald Superintefid
' c lit C. 11. Wgrren Wterday
I More thiki $)00 * cash, a larg
quantity orHmwl ;n| clothing wer>
secured MirougnSfhe Iforts conducted!
, throughsy the OolcfsMk chamber of
, .Commerce.
Following hrenkfastAlils moiYlng
' the children will renin In the
• It g room—There t a program
consisting of ChrlstmOKucongs. sev
* cial recitations, dnd tt* members
! of .this year's gradnatln class and j
alumni back nt the ho* for the;
holtduvn will distribute tk presents,!
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Land Insuxince Company
Is Beinj Formed Rapidly
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Karly In January the America Land . purchaser paid fur It Os course we
t.nd new ' ipam would only Insure lots |n subdivisions
being formed wtlh Tom as whit li after thorough Invest|gatlon b>
president, is expected to begtntust- speclali*!*,.! hat we believed were
ness operation*. It was learne<%es- worth the price p.jut for.thorn
terday. Though permission to |ei| Wp have an advantage over am
stock was granted only last other form of Insurance In that Wc
snd (hough only a few people we j cannot have a complete. 100 We
tieen nftproaclied. purchases of Irik' hot only know tin- definite war in
est In the new company yestero {which our loss might incur loti w.
upproxHiifted 130,0tt0. It was alining : a | ~ |,„ v , jj,,. selling prti <• or the lot
led by Mr. O'Berry at the tints we have to lake back
I % The company Is being organtrk With careful selection of risks over
' through the American tfotrttiig Coma pre.uf of this -talc as well as nth
puny, a corporation formed so orgatfter states < .pei tally Industrial ecu
tie the land Insurance company. it :■». our los rate bould lie very
"What we are ''organizing." said Mc.ltmill Olnder the daw of .treiugi-
O’BerrV. "Is the American Land Vul-\
‘ ~, IU It Drake of Raleigh Is trias
ue and Insurant e».<.«"tpany. which h
„ . ”. , , ~ . !Vr and director* .include Mr. 1-en
will at first Insure the! value of lots it „, , 'ko ...
* . kiln of Raleigh. K Johnson Nell
In city auhdlvlalon*. For Instnnce,' our' j
plan would be like thl*. We would In f » r ant. W. It. Rand of
snre a lot oyer a period of five or ten Iwam. Bot> Da via of Rocky Mdunt,
i ycaj* to l>« worth as much as the wny, l. fuwilus* of Uoldsboro'i 1
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TWELVE PAGES TODAY
Rockefeller Church a Flaming Torch
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The new -$4.c fighting the flames as they
roar high above the street. Heaviest subscriber to the new cburcii w.c-
John I) Rockefeller. Hr , multl mllllonal.re pbllunthroplsi.
Cood Mighty Seaco
In These Here Partn Now
The old-time eggnog is one for
exer In tills nec koj the woods,c and
there* isn't any more rum. uppio-jack.
rye, and other Ingredients for rc;ai,
good cßgnog Iu the days of prolilhi
lion, hut the usual Indications point
this year to some form of "nog” for
the .oldltnigrs of Goldsboro w lyi still
j Insist that I’hrjstmHjt is not Christmas
| unless the otice-popular preparation
, Is on the table- In the home
i City and county officers have been
busy ill trying to get tfte Wilde I of
the rum-runners and blockaders dur
iuga/lo* past two wccl. , |iot v th<* boys
_wPftie Itac U rocun are wbls|>eriiig that
tills ehrlMtua* will lie* Just ifs "wet"
as last year s. Rum-runnel s**’ kept
pietiy well hidden from office r* until
the middle of Iu - r xv**k, but deter
; tiveg heard of many loacl* of hootch
I being (listribllt.»*l here Several c,u
GOLDSBORO N. C. TUESDAY MORNING, I)E('E.MBER 25. 192 N
thought to have contained th • contra
band were chased through city streets
tail high |mi« « i ci| Automobile* outdis
tariired llie ,poln o ears and motorcy
cles.
One thing Is noticeable, sav those
ot the Inside of the wlilske’ traffic
The demand this year Is not coining
up to the exportations of the boot
lc#ger* Hard Jlme* seem to have
stiuik the whisker tedd<*. too Peo
ple inclined to liuv mi lat ge-<|uantl
ties of Ihioli Ii fur C hristmas' have
loimd other thiug* for their money,
ii Is thought
Drunkenness has deef-eaaed In the
r■ tv during th<> Ynlfflde season for
the past few years and the author
liter are hopeful that the demand
will steadily force the bootlegger*
i til of business The police, how
| ever, think that they will bare to
jmu shite against tbo whlskpv traffic
tn some form for years to come
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I I iKB AIfUER. Bavaria *l ec Si
IKucvvssful have tteen made h.-re wiiti
i in x devieg for Insuring of I
I n foggy weather Two >ue< hat teal
fingers an suspet. lt it over, a tn,',)
i nd wireless control rnnf tnnounv in
1 ' a ales ill- -I 11 > P'i 11 at !
Marriage Ik en sc* *
Ru«h Is (k)in« ftn
*.x • s
, 'tin- f’hrt d • rush for nm rr i mft*
IU • ttses continued yesterday, four
initplc * I'.ivinr i iiieil Itii-i -e- tr
j three iMlmi, ve-teiil,i\ all crn
Dense Christmas shopping crowds
prevented Die escape of a man after
ho hud robbed the W. T. Grant chain
depart meut store of -5.01K1 here late
today.
The robber walkeiT TffTo the store
carrying u pistol and what appeared
to be a handful of dynamite Climb
lug to the niegzanlne floor he forced
■ four women who 'were counting
cash to crawl under desks and give
him the money which-he janunyil In
to a suitcase.
He fled down Iho stairs, brandish
Ing hip pistol, but tire crowd wiih too
big for him. He was surrounded, ills
armed and turned over t« the' po-'
lice.
The buiylle with which he frighten
eel the office help, proved * to by
slicks of soap wAcpped in 'cotton.
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Neta Itlter Rises Te Flnoil Heights
RFNINGRAD, Hussta, l>ec 25 (n»>' til *'"tn
tnplllly fliilldtng with f'tipla'o \ II
•I Young Inlrodtulug Santa l Lun to
11P preaent-
Promptly at 5 n'< lock >••«!< rdav, a
I ,id hi rn scheduled. Saul.i arfC'eil
.1 ilu> Station here, mill wsm greeted
hy a yelling, cheering throng of Chrisi
mas with their families Httbltc a
Hop will bo reiutmeu on Thursday
: morn lug.
THREECHtrnREN
DIE IN - FI. AMES
I Roman I'andly Munlerl l*x (’ue
-1 , turner (‘piis***; Fiplu ion
j * In Store
e
CARTKKBVIM.r. Gti , Dec. 25-
i UP) —Daath today claimed ihree • hll
dre who wet- eacuin!- Ctm tn> <
mcihey a* temporary il*rk*c In a
fir. *c oi-k» *. . * * :. i oi *
die lighted by n eci-it on* r f>ui**d .vc
cXpI vUoll »hich < w - Ic t tlit
| building In ski o \ l‘ *urt!i w x
burned prohablx tamll).
The charred bodl* of ' ’
Bhaw, 12, aud Kiunccs si,aw, 1: .
i ill Id re ii of the pi opi i tor o' to-
C- Davis Shaw , and '.i;> v tjgi tI. In.
kere broughl out ol the bla,m,R
hulldlng by flrenicdi. who were forc
l, ed to fight the ftuplus for 15 tninbf* *
before they could enter
Mary Kennedy, I*, who witli 'he
three erther children w.m ea n't fig
'Tffimey, was burned so ball pr I
clans believed she ealinot live.
llugll Padgetl. It. v *
burned gild bis futlier -yl’i i( I'adgcji
jgas badly cut about t n fat/* In es
caping throuvl) a *
J R Shelllioi
Ifc. the burning building end iiteiupt {
cd to cairy the It-idcJ i 1 rl ( , • t.• I• ■
but craxcd by t*c. ' *• ,-j r
beat she font t*l Mt-j of n.ad i i«t • I
tmek Into the rtgrnr-r, v Tin* yonth
mude lets • t'upe with btdb hands
badly burned.
Hliaw. proprJ«-t*vr of Hit site - t«l-IJ
police tend ini'-’ ii - :*« »■<
.ha be-in w-i t .olstH k u *i' ink
* t«*r***l III* t Ik *
l,* persons » i-i aiho, pit ,* .no! sti •tc'i '
ed ii I.l*l. * i ,i- w -i
Hi fore, anyone could stop Mm,
Slip w sallti 'hebcl It till 11* l* * ■
j Mid l>e*eo ft Gig- Ho Miilt-i oi ißim •
; t iioui* it,- ’ ci;,. •; i's n* t'i'-v ai -i,
' w ,-|-i ly, '■ .! *-'* ■' .. V I
i the . candle *« , »*it **n
■ out tit.,,.’ fj.s* -- - n.i c j ■ .*f t'i«t
small i : l.ckers were sc! •
The efijtlf V • /
envc lot'] i 111 M.i- .'. I i,J> t
lie l.fTtidi;
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led out < ■
<• •• tonally aMI ft t hug to the mar,'
| fortntmtf of (h, children
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S'ii the dticiMon of On. V. ( .i, H
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MEMBER OP
THE ASSOCIATED
PRESS
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PRICK PIV« CBNTh
ton* 'hist Provide Proper Re* 1
cc|»tu ' r that anyone who ta In doubt aa
t<> whether their resident# la loeatnd
in Ihe territory Included or who wtah-
Infurmation on the' subject la re*
«-ted to Inquire at the poetofftoe
I"tween now and January L ‘
j Detailed description of tha itreeta
; >nd block* to he taken In follomat
North (Dorse street from A. C. L. R.
1 i t tnlthfleld branch, to A (treat.
. "Vrt tnan *tre«t from George to Tlf
>rl* Dtissell street from Georgo to
Vlratula, IVarwoii (treat from George
>. \lcKlnl*. Jame« street from A- C.
I. 11. It Smlthfleld branch to vtaffc- K)
trim street. Seaboard afreet from
HI wav to Knssell, Hlway afreet from
iboiird to (’enter, Durham street
I oi to Hemlock. Canal (treat
(tom I'nrker to Moore, Ash street" .
• 'ith aide from" IMnevlew to Audohoe,
'tiltrerrv street from Anddbon to An*
» 4-, l.yersreeu avenue from Lin*
i wood to one- half block east of Olaend-
Andobon from Fvergreen to one
’ sir liltH k north. ,
on December HI a check will be
mmlc over the territory to eacertaln
»i .'tn>r the hon es Iva’ve'beett protrld-”
• ■I with mall rrM-cptacies and on that
.'ll depend whether or not the aer*
i \y lll l» commenced January 1.-
wu.tamxT*
I t .ON DOM, Dec. 25. (API —The
!#■ ■ of \\ tries 'tt ent hunting today
■ the Qe rn hoiinds, tha flrat time
I Hay been In tli* field since hie tro
• r m Hpotft Afrit a
?)IES 7 DAYS ‘
\FTEfi HUSBAND
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i'fd byre vr*t»rd»v
i '■ . * \frs 4 A. Bowden. nf>>
yr t, n im *>and nrececded her
f'«v« e week sap. _-f *
J 1 '' dee wD| be held fysim
'inme swr f*atveao t p’-
'•t-rnooti, condi;d«d be
'A/ ’ U M ire of Ktnstou ee-^^
I 1,, ' Me nmol,* and Bee
” " r '’ ttvnso fnterrt ent sefll
>" fjtmtly btiryins around near
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' t. , dAceese dw«a a flee C'hrietfbn
re* (*S rears’nld, "till for nteffv
H» •erve# a n~m teerher In tbe
' ’ l m t' rmfe retwrota. .
be Is riirrtr,.# Hr Cone d«rwhteew
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Lvwden, Jr., ot - ui/ipo. 1 .
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