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WEATHb Increasing cloudiness some what warmer in east purk n day. VOLUME SEVEN; NU GASTON B»Y SOBBINGLY DENIES KILLING FAIL Charred Bodies of ltyn Wile and Thre? Chi Iren Found in Burned fime Jacob VanderhurK. Sixth Men her of Gaatoa County Fam- J *h>, la (Joe* tinned jfwAS FOUND NEAR SCENE f WITH GUN IN HIS HAND 1 Declare* He Awakened To Fin \ Home Burninx and Hia Mother Murdered OABTONIA, Dec 28 (Jp) —Th charred bodies of J. W, Vanderburi (laaton county farmer. Hl* wife an three of their children, were prepar *d for burial here tonight aa offlc era queatloned a sixth member of th. fcmlly, Jacob, 17. miapcrted of huvlnj Klllec* them and set fire to their homi fft’ly today. The dead, all of whom wor found tn the kitchen of the blazing farm honae are. J. W Vanderberg, 61, Mrs Vanderberg, 46. Pauline Ik. a student et N. C. C. W, Greensboro louts* ’’anderberg, 2». and Robert Vander hirg, 12, a student at Gastonia Hick Reboot. The boy was arrested shortly, be fore daybreak this morning, when of ficers attracted to the scene of the I Irae. found him sitting on $e side >«f the road with a shotgun and a suitcase full of clothes The bodies «!,f members of hia famly could be seen In the kitchen but could not be reached until after the fire died down. _J*cob atoutly maintained his In norifice fotrigm wee «. aw . ledge of the crime- He .-told offic ers he was awakened after mlduight by itlfllng smoke and made his way down atalra to tils mother s room. He found hia mother's body on the bed. he said, and called for bis father. When - he received no reply, he said. In grabbed the suitcase near the door nhd fled from the house. Gaston county officers, however, declared they believed the Vnuder% bergs had been murdered as they slept and the house fired In an effort to trase trace of the crime. Jacob was l aid {tending an Inquest at Itkou a. j m. tomorrow. At the police Ktatlou tonight the 17-year-old boy talked freely to of ficers and newspapermen, losing some of hia composure In the face of his persistent questioning he sobbed ont his story freely at time, and deluct nntly at others. "I didn't do it. 1 doiTt know who did,” he reparaleil over uml over again. He explained th# presettes of the shotgun with the statement Ihe brought It out for protection 0 „ ”1 thought someone might be prow ling around." he said. The boy said he retired shortly as : ter dark after an early supper. He did not know what lime he was awakened hut said smoke filled his •oom, s' “When T uwoke. "he told newspa permen.'’ 1 knew at once the house vas burning. I slid Into a pair of overalls and grabhed»qiy shoes which I slung over my shoulder. I grab bed mv shotgun and ran downstairs The smoke and flame were ..j*tlffllng I crawled Into my mother’s room and made rny way to her bed I got stared and then veiled for, Pa. When t didn’t hear any one of them answer, !.,gue*«ed thev were all dead too and I picked up the suitcase f saw by the door and Can out of the house." “I was cutting wood last nighty" the boy replied readily. 'I brought the axe In because I thought It might he stolen If I ’ left It on the wood pile" “Did you know your mother was dead when you Left the house," he was asked. "I guessed she was. I felt her head and It was w-rt Mv hands were - bloody." Jacob replied Nothing hut the charred hones of the Vanderberg family were removed from the house The limbs and head were burned from eac h hotly and they were identified only hv site; ~ KIXC. KFI KlvVt nil Ml Kit RFI-HAROK. Jugoslavia, Her. 28 |4*|—Kltit A let-under has been con fined tn his room with a cold hut he wras able to receive Premier Koro shell yesterday. 4 ?HE. GOLDSBORO NEWS IN THE MORNING WHILE MINDS ARE FRESH—READ BY BUYERS BEFORE THEYr BUY. K 260 ° \ V B. WVis Tonight, le n l*r«ttches on Manage r A allied (or Rev Ji off|„ 0 ff|„ Johnsohjo aomathll „„„ hi the Av of marriage 'eAjony proceduA ;, CO ordlng to' from HinlN lgM Thlg Mr Johns,\ Wad Jenkins '‘Vjohiislou M#ma a i churth, In Miuston county L,- vows having V- eu R,y i Johnson will A kwk , , 0 d# „ v sermon rt*i — to ann«iuncementy h , hour for sermon is 7 o'tit V 7 \ PRESIDENT HAS ( HINTINCNIUCK \ H«» T». Wild Turk,, „d Several (*neaMuiU « rH | Day Oat T * ■ X \ SAPEUriSLAND. Ob. I)eA (JP>—Presldspt Coolidge\ nrst\u,ta >< Georgia hunting proved so * ne h to his liking that today he asketl for more. Accordingly u purtv was made up to accompany the chief executive up. or a second trip to the hunting pre serves of his kost, Howard E. Coffin, whoae Island eatafg | s with , fMidf Riiii or wrs.ly r,». —“ Mr. Coolidge was in search of quail oii Sapelo Island Itself while yester day he was successful In bagging pheasants and wild turkey upon an other Island a short distance away known as Little Sapelo. Mrs. Cal Goes tlong Mrs. Coolidge agreed to j-o along m.il watch and possibly tn put her 4>wu marksmanship la the test. The Coffin home boasts a veritable arsenal of hunting pieces, for which were chosen shot guns of the sixteen and twelve gauge variety, with u more p.< ntle recoil than their mightier fellows, und placed at Mrs Coolhlge’s : disposal President Mated The President, recalling Ills recent. 1 unsuccessful venture after quail In - \ irglnla. w’a* eluted by -the results of yesterday’s hunting Three pheasapts 1 whirring before the chief executive 1« 1 swift flight fell befnrcuhie marksman ship andjto these he guided two wild turkeys, while Colonel E W. Starling, 1 of the White House secret service, the only member 'of the party to engage It the shooting. Increased by the day’s hag by three pheasants. 1 Aped Publisher Weds Vounpr Society Bud ■ . - |j AIKEN, S r. Dee 28 Mias | I-eslle Poster, daughter of Mr and Mrs. 0. Volney Foster of I.ake For rest, 111., was married here this af ternoon to Comte Nast, president of the Nast Publications corporation. ] publisher* of Vogue, Vanity Fair. 1 House and Garden and other period!- ( fils | ( The groom Is !>4 and the bride Is , Mrs. Casteen Wins Prize For Most Attractive Tree The winner of ttio award offered I>. Mrs. Adolph (Irtnuti'r. through the Darden rluh, for i i c most attractive lighted living Christmas tree In fiOldsboro was autiuunced last nigh! and is Mrs. N I). C-astecn. of 120- Mulberry extension, who will recelv as the prlie choice hrubbery (Kbe trees considered by the committee ap pointed from the Durden dub Mrs C E. Wilkins and Mm ftachel Hot den—as deserving leiiorald menthi were those in the > trdx of Mcsht- Frknk Creech. TV. E 'trmond. Holier Jeffreys. Roy I’arWet \ H Wger ton. and Thomas O 11 rry. With tin u-i... .1 lu the \»lt tree' parkway, which were I tiled through 'he cooperation of the city and have •Dvcn Christmas joy to all passera ly, more than aixt> living Christina . First Photos of Coolidges in Qeorgia ■ ' ~ • •—> 5 4WB i S- jwV -> lf*. „ ' I *s / ■vjLwlL-.,, .|gf / tlt M? m flu V. '■■ MHi \ I % 0 v U..dK ■ , W—— 4m 11. ■ I m- 11 . I , - ——— ' ■ll 1 ■■ First photos frtitn Ilrui4pwiet. t 1,1 ’ t'ootkAffc, President dent and Mrs. Coolidge arriving ill (U- . 1 t .-it •»»!». —I’holo by Tu tor the holidays. J.VI I lb ritfld alt 1 N wanrl. . ALAB ATROSS IS IN A CRASH UP WVwtli'mr v ui rent r«»>»v~ ~nrjj TryliiH For Endurance R«cord To Earth IMPERIAL. Calif. HeC 2« -Off— •Striklug a downward air' * current which forced their heavily loaded ship earthward. Charles Ho hevilte, and John Uuglementi, pilots of the Albatross R-l made 11 forced landing 15 tnllea weal of Miami, Calif., It was learned here today:’ The ship which had been taken HP at 6:56 thla morning In an-effort <0 smash the world'* endurance fright 1 ecord landed and hour anil a half etter the take off Tlis pilots 0-1 that the taln had smashed the firopellor and one wheel und that It would he ne cessary lo dismantle fh> ship: RoehevlHp said that the strong air current had forced them to drop the entire gasoline load of nearly 6f>" gallons lie said he did Hot kno»’ whether u new attempt would b< made. KILLED WHEX ctR TURIN OVER Cheyenne. M'vo. Dec. 28—M'i—Am brose Ross, sou of former foil ryot , Nellie Taylor lU»h*, of M’yomlne was I killed when his -tr turned over on a hill lust out - 'iarltoga. Wyomln ion miles west ~f here thlr evening .eacs a spwlut to the Wyoming Trl hutie Leader here. , “** \ PROF. ( IHMITOX CHKHS PLAVKIt OREENSBOhO. Dec 28 I/P)--Prof; I. v Gardner of State College, Kai rlgh, today became North Carolina’s < hegs champion at th»* i-lose of a two dav tournament held'ln tills city IP won eight games and ‘held a perfect score, ~ ■ trees in Ihe city were lighted Last ' year there were seventeen living j ’hrlslmas trees-Dn the city, lighted, . nd so the movement to adorn the : living trees and thus save tile ever ■ greens of the woods us*wetl as liean !lfv the town. g< on .ipai • Added impetii has hen given the , novemint incite state through Mrs i tietilnger. chairtnun of itie conscrva (lon committee, who has offered a Vi. timber of price, t.rouuh the State Federation of Wornbu‘S Club In 1021 Washington Square. In the hcirt of little old ' w York, h.tij its first community Christinas tree, e. round which r> Ideth- -im Christ iJkits carols Since ! ill there iias been a rapid , ,pp, • I of the living Christmas tree movement throughout the country. GOLDSBORD N. C. SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER, 29. 1928 HELD FOR DEATH HIS YOUNG WIFE ~ TetmiSH enI.U.J After ronfesMinK Co Him Killing of V. E. Fcarn CANTOS’. 0.. flee 2*.- -</P\ An af fidavit charging Wilbur O. ii< Idnian. I.train furnace salesman, with The murder of.bis wife Muigtiret. 21. on the night of December tit. was filed bv Cn inner T C McQuate today liefore Justice of Ihe I’gace Donald M. Smyth. lleldman told authorities his wife shot herself to death the night of De ri in her 12 with the same she had used jits| a week previously to end the life of Vertinrd K Fcarn. 22. coal dealer, lleldman had uhi.ilnrd u Confession to the Feam slaying from hts wife at (heir home at I.ornln ear lier lie the day and he was bringing P.t to Canton to utrn her over to i.iilliorllb lie -..id Mrs 'lehlinan's dealli is curt tl •Jn their antomoblle Just as llicv I’. at bed the outskirts" of Canton * li.hlnilin lilts been 111 the county jail as n coroner'- witness since the night of December 12, when he hrodght th-- llfdess luslv of lijs wife to a hospital’ w'fh the account ■ that she hud shot and killed herself. Mrs Ht.-ldmuu had confessed that -lie killed' I e..rn, who was. . ailed to the front porch of hts home south of 'fieri and shot six times by a young wniinn the evening of D. ember *. Iteldninn said '' S I aI 1' Pd I . •' .11 . ' |*t I II eld 1 Hum •- story, bur at the request of rela tives of Mrs lleldman at Dubois, Fa., an Investigation whs made # Coroi Mclfuat*- and Ora Slater. Cltirlninli detertlve. conducted a! hvigth) iJ.'"- » of Ite|.lmai; ji..> *•- i men ni-.l decided ot let the grant Jury**hi, I. January 7, lea tbe (gift., f.u "what thev are worth” TO-Ksrtnt j M Vs ID HON I > DRNVKR, Ur. 28 <JP) V small army of police tp.l I,auk guards will escort Imowcvii Dth too,ono t., |7o,noii t -1 uih) In tali and **,nrltl < through Denver streets Sunday. It will mark the actual transfer of tu Denver Na tional Hank from lot old bull ling to I its new location Th< money will he < arrled In several trips, ho mot., than | 125,000,000 going on my one trip IShH I’EKMIT rt* IsM I S|lU<t* * —V % _ WASIIINfiHrON, ' fes 28- /ID A:i application for authority to Issue 1 run shares of new whrOtOn sDa k an I ?-15,""0.000 th deheittßre bonds lias been made to the Interstate Cotnno-r cr Comm ton by tie newly Incor r '.rated Hallway Kvf.raet Agency. Thl* Is ihe merit an tan railroads It t«.t up for taking coitrol U all ex i-rvaa business Lu Marih. FEAR SEVERE FLU OUTBRE AK • ' « UwlLmw# lUmi L’aauki liiir Wrrif Ending: December 22, Mil lion And ()unr(er WASHINGTON, Dec » dp) An other outbreak of ItiflitFnxa more se vere In nature than tile disease now t revaillrig Is regarded as possibility later In the winter by Surgeon Gen eral (dimming. He suld I hut he viewed the situation ut present aa serious, but declared that thr present wave Is mild in < liHiacter and that there is an appar ent absence of complicattins." There Is mile likelihood In The opinion of the surgeon general that •lie disease will not spread over the • ulantlc. States a, It h:n. the West and pa*l* of Iho 8 null. 'Thla seems to tie « typical In- n "‘ "*ti epfilinth ." lie mild ' It ! « *.imHar to the HIM outbreak in Ihe o lld ness of the first cases." Dentil* In (he 1918 wave of Influenza v I,- nuO.OOO in ix< ess of tlie normal number from the malady, anil In Ib2i; I here w ere 100,000 Excess deaths luui ha,ve Iml Surgeon General Cummlng to believe thui mortality tlits year may he greater than In 19 JO Me agreed with thjf .stlmatu by ! '(■ • I ■ dli Ilia' there were iipproxlinutcly a million and a quarter .i w lin Vn the I'ntled States during Ho- wi»«k ending Decemlier ?2. This 1 'timatr was hasesl on 20.562 cases u< tu. ,lly reported all hut seven Two Held For Grand Jury As Result Fatal Accident M.-wi'v Vann, 27, ymmt; Clinton man who iiloil .In u local hospital Thursday night from In Juried rocelv« "1 wlicn lit* cur lilt u log truck near t: rant him'* atom, contributed to his death through operating hi* nuu blue without llrlii*. hut the operator • of the truck hUo -ontrlbated to It In that there was n > rear light on the truck, 'nils wa* iho verdict brought Vi by the grand Jury which heard the iWlence In Sheriff W. l>, lira lit'* of- I '» ut 11 o'clock vesterVluy. Lonnie I 'lw.it | . of the truck, and < '(•■"ii H.t4.s«4,vttiwrr. were ordered I’dd uniter jlhxi Jbond each for the next Krand Jury, I Edwards, te twing before Hie jury by 9orout;r T ltotilh ukl>,lh*.t lliiyeu had left' Mil; charge of tin .muck with mat. uiTUms The News to Inaugurate Nurse’s Registry For The] Duration Flu Epidemie ( AI*ABLE WHITE AND COLORED WOMEN ABOVE 18 YEARS . OF AGE INV ITED TO REGISTER FREE POR SERVICE IN FAMILIES ILL WITH THE DISEASE - - - f i.„ " The Goldsboro News will tomorrow inaugurate A nurses’ registry for the city ami county and will continue the registry uh lon# uh conditions in the present influenza epidemic affem to warrant. # jCJ' • Practical man****-both white and cobred-Htiiw rnquaeted to leave their names ami addresses with The News. Theee esinet and addresses will be published in The Newa from day to day that families needing the services of a nurse may be able to locate one. 0 ' , Thia atep on'thepart rtf the paper ia taken after consultation with a number of bailers in the city. The idea haa been heartily endoraed aa one which may be of aervice to the dty and Npnty in the present epliemic, now regarded aa of proportions equal to the epidemic d 1 OIH. While the caaea generally are not so severe ns they-sere in 1918. physicians urge continually the necessity of proper cure to prevent complicationa following the disease. In many parts*! the and in a number of the home* of-the dty, est tire families are said to be 111 with the diaengc It has been iinpojHhlu. it ia said, to secure aufficieat nureea from the regular channels to take care of all the dpmanda. Hew to Ragteter A .■ v Women above j 8 years of age who hare apmpjgted home nursing courses ,fhn have had experience aa ipraetlsal nurse, - or in directing a household and are wlHing tq accept woit Jn. * homes where t nurse or housekeeper ia needed are invited- to register with The News. No one should register, however, wb' is not in the best bf physical condition or who cahoot appply a health certificate. , , •', . , ( Those desiring to register should All out the following mo» , pon and send t or bring it to The Newa: frame .. r.. i ,:r. ) MT .„...; Street No. Telephone ....... 1.3$ ...... Experience, if say ... • •••••••«»• • .» f •••>«••»••• a •**«• t * * «•»•»•*» i * •••» »M*«s i • . . . ... . . . ~ ,M J ••••••«•»» I • f « t » I * t | « *f( * • ••••••• •• •,•«« • « • t • t i • » • • » i r i « » « m i i i •« m i «« m i« M* a Remarks :=E==EESE Terms of service shall lie a matter for those desiring a nurse and the one ofering services to arrange and The News shall in no way F>e for thia angle of the transaction. UTAH KI NDS I FAIL TO FIND , FOUND SHORT MISSING COUPU: Defalthl ion as SIOO,OOO Found Ah TreitHfrer I’reparei* to e , Turn Over Books HALT IAKB CITY. I>ec. Utah State treasurer. John Walker, announced today that David J. Pugh, a deputy In his office, had confess ed defalcations of more than |lM,* non The alleged speculations. It was declared, were discovered when Wat lier' made a final check of his *c monts preliminary tn turning over the office of hi- sucessor the first ,( next month. • COMMISHIo> IS CALLED CENEVAr Dec 28 -UP). The pre pnmtory rntuinlsston for a dlsarm • merit conference has been convoked to meet ul Urmia on April 15 to see that n'o one uni Into It. llayea. he related, hud gone away to obtain help Jn moving tile loaded machine from the highway. A front axle ha I Riven way and It had been tmpoiniible to move It from the hlKhway. Edwards KnliC.that he heard Vann'* car approaching and'walked In the MJf direction of it. ati. Miptlnie .to flax t(i The driver, he uulil', paid no stteri-- 11 on to hi* signal* hut continued headlonx and Into the parked truck. Edward? aald that the Vann machine »a* without lights. Johnnie Ileddlck told how he ionis ed the spot between 7 and 8 o’clock •ml saw (Slots scattered about tha highway, attfiba wracked .car. He *ald to got out Ami saw Vann Mng on the highjvny Attempts to « Continued on Cage >'o>MJ MEMBER OF j THE ASSOCIATED 1 PRESS puca nra cam* Colorado River Explore!* Ra—d Boat of Hydaa aad Thgtr Diary PEACH BPRINOS. Art*., Datk, Mb (4*)— Emory and Claworth Koib. Colorado rlvar explorara, who tan teen searching for Mr. and Mfs. Otenn llyda. of Msnsee, ltak% Ik* ci npla that dlsappaared sonuefhat ago i fter attempting to “ahoot" the foaming rapids of lha Orand Cfhypo i merged hart today with tta nO -I’iHincament that they bad ban an sorrassful.. Tha Kofba. who seveateeg y«ar» ego rode a boat down tha rlvar hr the first time said that thay foaad lha *eow in which tha Hydaa had dared the Canyoa. hut nothin* la to •leitta the couple was alive Tha baM urns bounding la midstroa®, baM M a rope which had wedged tato tha locks lining the raplda. Tha Hydaa personal effects ware neatly piled to side the craft With thaaa wag a d»- ery In which tha last eatry wait No vember SO. , f Mrs. Monroe Brewer Died in Selma Friday Mrs. Monroe brewer, of Wayaa County, died-si tha home of bar daugh ter. Mrs Etta Brown, at Salma Fri da v morning st & o’clock aad WIU hr buried In the cemetery at Maos* t< n at 2 p. m today. Mr* Brewer was thaw Mow of Moa roe Brewer a Confederate soldier Os this coifewy and was 71 year* oM Mai Thursday. She leaves sevea children. Mim. Nellie Uoodafd and Haravoo Br«#ar m this city Andrew Bvawam Etta Rrown. Mrs. Ad* bfHy JfF i hustiin county. Mrs. Cora WfciPSi •“id tic .“He Brewer, of Waynt; <*Mk|
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