•ttatt Probably ehowers ij vast
1 aad aaotyal poattoofit
VOLU MR-SEVEN; NUMBS* 264
QUESTION MARK WELL ON WAY TO NEW AIR MAS
American Army Fliers
Seek to Capture Honor
Now Held By Belgians
U>C Pin* Kum Crucial 24-
Hour Toot mud Got# Fine
Start an Second Lap
IS BEING RBFUELLED
FROM SISTER AIRSHIP
Chaaft Original Plana Aa Find
It WS Be Naroaaary Re-
Fuel By Night
metipopoi.itAN AIRPORT. LOB
ANGELES, Jan. f.—(A*) Confldeuce
•hat a aaw world ’• record yould ba
(ka into to tka endurance flight of
iha Question Mark was officially as
praaaad today by air oorpa official* aa
tha big plana continued on Ita eec
ond 84 boor parted In the air.
Amy man aald tha moat dec lair*
part of the endurance attempt bad
panned whan tha plane completed the
flrat Id honra at 7:2fl this morning.
~ The present refuelling andurance
i »*** k» •• bonra 7 minute* establish
ed la Belgium
• Juat before they left the ground.”
aaM H. J. Adamaon. rapraaentlng F
Trubaa Day lion, assistant aacratary of
war, "Major Spate and Capt. Ira C.
Eakar. chief pilot, aald that la the
flrat M bonra any weakneaa would
bo aura to unmaak Itaelf *
Tba emergency refueling plane
number *, piloted by Lt. Odea Moon,
today wa* ordered from Ita Imperial
alrpoft station back to Metropolitan
airport. This waa upon a request by
Major Spate. He doubted tbapqpctlc
rblltty of croaatug tha mouatalua to
" ” AtoPUdMißhUop. ft'
A complete change of routine
aboard the Question Mark baa bean
made aa It baa bebn determined that
It will he ueoeaaary to refuel at night.
Stridently the ship la conadoling
more gasoline w(|h its hsery load of
, men, fuel aad auppliee then bad been
anticipated,** Adamason aald.
Joseph Nlkrent, representing the
National Aeronautical AHH,>gUlon and
official obeerver. announi Jfpyhat the
official starting lima woutobe eon
sldefed aa 7:M:M a. m.
Weather forecast tor tba uit M
hot ra was for flue weather for flying.
The spacious monoplane, which
took jaff bora at 7:14 a. m., yesterday.
)completed P» fifth contact with re
fueling pianos shortly after midnight
~ whan ?00 gallons of ga* wa* passed
Into bar tank from refuollug plane
‘number ana, piloted by Lieutenant
Rada Hoyt. Coo test waa made «.•«<»
feet In.the air over Dal Mar.. Calif.,
near San Diago and nln< minute*
waa raqulrgd to make tba transfer of
fuel.
* Lieutenant Hoyt reported on bla
return to San Diago that no message
bad been reoeleed ( <>m the plane's
crew and thla waa accepted aa a sig
nal that all waa wall aboard, It waa:
tba flrat ttmq that a refueling had
been carried out In mld-alr at night j
Hoyt aald the sir 4ra» smooth end
that (here had been no difficulty.
The endurance plane, which la to
remain In the air until Ita engines,
break down, took off with a minimum
fuel load. Within an hour the first
d contact waa established and 100 gal
lons of gasoline transferred In an
eight-minute contact
At noon a turkey dinner waa serv
ed to tha crew. Shortly afterward the
Question Mark flaw to Pasadsna and
circled over Roe Bowl, where crowds
were gathered for the football game
between Oeorgle Tech, end California.
Tha Quetton Mark, finished Ita first
14 hours aldft at 7:86 o'clock this
... morning. Tteo plana waa nearing San
. ' VI Diago al tho tlmo.
Davis Funeral At St
Stephens At 3 P. M.
Funeral service# toe William Dari*
who dtod at a local hoaapltal Tues
day night following a few hours Ill
ness. will be held from Bt. Stephens
Episcopal church at I o;dock thla
afternoon Rut. W. O. Cons, rector
... of St. Stephens, will officiate and
assisting him will be the priest of the
Greek Orthodox church of Raleigh.
Burial will be In Willow Dale ceme
tery
The following have .been selected
aa pallbearers:
Paul Agrlmla. BUI Williams, John
Bout ala. 0. Clarence Crone, Wendell
jßdgerton and Robert jL Thompson.
THE GOLDSBORO NEWS
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READ IN THE MORNING WHILE MINDS ARE FRESH—READ BY BUYERS BEFORE THEY BUY.
Flying To Far North
With Antt-Toxfn
• « • »
BDMONDTON. Alberta Canada.
Jan. 8. —<dRy—Captain "Wop" May
and Vic Horner, bopped oS here at
18:46 p. m. today In an airplane to
carry a supply of diphtheria anti
toxin. *o the Hudson Bay Company
training poet Vermillion
and little Red River la the far
North. The weather waa cold and
fair.
BULLS GET OFF
TO EARLY START
• r* ' “ >
Fore* R 0 Stock itwues To New
High Levels In First Yesr’s ,
a - Trading
NEW YORK, Jan. 8. UR)— 1 "Bulla
who piled up the greatest winnings in
hlatory during ISIS got away to a
flying atari in tha first session of the
Naw Yaar today by marking up naar
ly 6fi lasuea to naw high records, sev
eral of tbe gains running from $6 to
124 u share
MISSFORDHAM
BEAD IN FLA.
Former Resident of Goldsboro
Has For Year Madfe Home
In TalUkssnee
Funeral for Miss Hattla Ttordhani,
long tints resident of Goldsboro and a
airier of Mrs. D. O. Furrlor of Geor
gia Avenue? waa bald yesterday In
Tallabaaaaa. Florida. At>out a yaar
ago Mis* Kbrdham went from Golda
horo to make her home with her
brother, Hugh M. Ford haw, In Tal
lah Maes Death waa due to heart
trouble with which she had suffarad
for several mootha.
Tha deceased waa the daughter of
DrA. J. Ford ham ft Jonaa. county
and there are alma aurvlvlng broth
er* and sister*: Mrs. J. 0. Bluett of
Clinton, Mrs. H. M. Cook of Salis
bury, Mrs. N. F. Steppe of Marion. R
O. Fordham of Dallas, A. E. Fordham
of Oak Ridge. ¥. O. Fordham of
Hickory, S. C. Fordham of Havana,
Fla., and W. R. and Hugh M. Ford
ham of Tallahassee. '
60,000 CASES
MEASLES IN ’2B
\ ... ■
State Health Department Issues
Report On Contagious
- Diseases
RALEIGH. Jan. I—<JP>—Measlei
was the most prevalent contagiosa
disease In North Carolina during the
past yaar. A report Issued today by
fbe stateNqihrd of health showed that
more than 60,000 rases of disease
developed In 1928.
Senate Booked For Row
Over Seating §en. Vare
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 —<JP)-4 for
midable row la brewing In the Renata
over disposition of Ibe contest against
who Is 111 bnt who baa been given Hie
right by tbe Senate to plead bla. caaa
cn tba floor. * 1 '
Senator Reed. Democrat, Mfisourl,
chairman of the ypeclal senate com
mittee which investigated the 1028
Pennsylvania senatorial primary else
tlcn, Is prepared to go ahead and ask
that tbe Senate act ou the commit
tee's report protesting excessive ex
penditures In thai campaign by Vara.
The committee will seek to make a
final report on The Vare case Friday
The Senator-elect baa been invited to
'appear before the committee then but
he has sent word through physicians
that be Is unable to on account of
Ms health. >
Vare * Diends iu tbe senate are ex-1
FRANK WILL NOW
REGA’N STR’NGTH
me
Little Fellow Swallowed Toy
Motorcycle Several Weeks
A#o
CINCINNATI, ' 0.. Jan. 8. —(0b-
Frank Brooks. Id months old. wa»
reported W*V | on tbe road to recov
ery after aurgeone bad removad
from bla throat a toy motorcycle au
Inch and half Ur length. His condi
tion on several occaeiona bad been
critical preventing an operatiao un
til today. Tbe baby had to ovqycous
pneumonia Itefore surgeons would at
tempt to remove the obstruction
Frank’s home la a.' Aaco. w. Va. It
waa Ultra that he Swallowed tbe toy
while eating a prtxe package of pop
corn. * “f
THREEDIVORCE
SUITS STARTED
• v -V
Wives Alletfe That Their Huv
bandu Have Been Untrue
To Vowa
Three wlvee yesterday began suit
In Wayne county Superior court tor
divorce from their huebenda, such
alleging unfaithfulness.
-> Nannie Cash seeks legal separation
from Ira Cash and custody: bf tba
child of tha marriage. -The couple
ware married in Smlthfield In March
lIM, end tha plaintiff alleges that
the defendant abandoned bar end
proved unfaithful to hla marriage
vowa the following November.
Beeatc V. Stillwell says aba waa
married to D. M. Stillwell in Char
otte In IMS. Than la December I*B7
he committed adultery with an un
kUpwu ytnam. ~Bha aska nheototo
divorce.
Mamie V. Carter baa started teflon
for divorce against Walter L. Carter,
Ifely ware married la Fayetteville In
November 1814 complaint IWI und
in February 1922. the defendant left
,be marriage bed. The pla4ntlff seeks
custody of tbe one child of the mar
ltage.
Influenza Does Not
Pardon Commissioner
RALEIGH, Jan. 3.— OP)— Edwin B.
Brtdgera. commissioner of pardons,
was confined to hla boms today, suf
fering from an attack of influensa.
Thla >a the second time Mr: Brldgers
has fallen victim to influence thla
winter.
federaltaxes
SHOW BIG GAIN
• '■ * 1 , . • . •'
Grissom Reports Thai Sums Re
ceived Are 111.00U.0U0
Ahead Last Year
RALEIGH. Jan 8. —(A*) —Gilliam
Grissom. Internal revenue collector,
announced today that Federal tax
collections la North Carolina for Tha
first six months of tba fiscal year
were more than lILOOO.OOO ulmjvF the
same period lest year.
For the last all months thla year
collect lona totaled $12.1.112.561.75
against t1t1.986.83f1.43 for the same
period during 1927.
North Carolina last year was third
among the 4fi states In* volume of
collections »
pected to protest a final dec! ion on
tbe question of seating tbe Pennsyl
vanian until be has been given the
opportunity of making bln plan to tbe
Renata in accordance with tha terms
of a resolution adopted soma lima
ago \
Senator Reed Js prepared, to answer
that the committee ami the Senate
huve waited long enough to hear the
Senator who was stricken last sum
mer. ‘
Meanwhile, the conieat of William
B Wilson. Democratic opponent of
Vare, In (he 192 fl election, la atlll
pending before the Henate Election*
, committee and there la little hop*
thla committee will be able to act
■litring this session Thla delay would
defer, anyway, a final solution of tbe
.long standing controversy over Vara's
seat until tbe next Congress:
GOLDSBORO- N. C THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY t, 1028
* King’s Son* i Holystone a Deck
My f M,,#
mm ~ w it
Wwe*%wT£ * j KM
PM J, / ‘J®’' |
J ■ jmg ' jmm ■: ri&, rm
V lisM
1 >|M ■—»Ui ha.
It isn’t all beer arhd skittles is the Danish navjr for even a Idag'a
sons. The photo show* Crown Prince Frederik, of Danmark
trijfht), and his brother. Prince Ktfiid (center), holystoning the
deck of a Danish warship with another cadet. Both pnnctfi
arc cadets in the royal navy. - ..
R ALEIGH COPS
FIND TRACKS
But 6 Itcv Wa ,'«nTv Y>l iiight
Up With Trurk anti y.jien
>d.e
—4*. ———
RALEIGH. Jah. 2.—Would be
uafa blowers and city dattotlvua bava
bean having u merry chase around
tbe city and suburbs alnca last Fri
day witty (he always g taw
Jumps behind thatr quarry.
Friday sight a safe conlalQlng »2*<t
was removad from » local atom. Yes
terday the officer* got a tip tIdIVOP
safe bad bean seen in tbe woods hush
of the da Pont power maguatoe. Tha
report said that the robbers had car
ried It there to be opened with pow
der from the magaalne. When they
arrived It bad been moved,
A telephone call early tqday
brought the Information that the safe
waa In the woods ea a truck out aid*
Iha city limits. Tha dataettvas arriv
ed ta Urns to find tire marks left by
the truck but fio safa.
SALE OF TAGS
PUSHES AHEAD
Now* 8,000 Licenses Aheotf of
Record of Same Date LaM
Year >
*
RALBiqn, N f . Jan. f.—tJP) A
number of. North Carolina motorists
must bava mads N« wYear's resolu
tions to buy auto tags for aalaa have
jumped to more than 8.000 above tbe
aame period.
The motor vehicle bureau of the
elgte department of revenue announc
ed today that sales had reached
206 tags agalnat 128,643 for the aame
period last 1 year.
STRUCK BY HIT
AND RUN DRIVER
0 ■
IMkeville M»n Rendered Party
UnoonnuinuM and Truck 7
I)rivßNEscaped "
Beauregard Edmundson, operator of
a filling atatlon In PlkevUls, wa*
knocked down by a hit-and-run driv
er near Pikevllle yeetaerday attar
noon.
Mr. Edmundson was walking from
l.la filling station to another which
Shoulder of the highway. He heard a
enr approaching from behind but did
rot turn around and In a trick found
himself badly stunned, lylifk by the
road. The driver of the truck wh|£ti
had brushed him put on tba speed
md left the ace he.
■ Friend* Os Mr. Edmtmdson har
ried lo hla aid and gave and gave
i base to tha hit-run driver. The lat
ter, however, had gained such head
way that he could not be located. !
Mr. Edmondson snld that he did
not know Whether be wa* struck by
the truck or by sohte object pro
truding over one aUto.^
TAKES RECORD
FROM TAR HEEL
Los Av‘n!rtx Cipturru
Rm rd Rn'nMhhej Rv
Alisa Gantry
METROPOLITAN AIRPORT, LOS
ANGELES. Jan. 2. -(#)—Mtsa Robbie
Troot, pretty 111 year oM Loti Ang#
tee uxlahrU. net a aew auducunoe
tlight rsoufil for woman at Sill this
afteraotK. Mtaa Trout waa fly
ing bur "Goldan Kagla ” sport mum
plans nt Cha tlma. r
> Tka record broken by Mis* Tryut
wtu 8 hours and I nrtnatas made W
TTw* i/MMiJy IMfflflfMr Gaatry, w
C., Inst month at Saaeavelt Field.
Mias Troot took oft fit 4<tfi ». m..
today and the now record waa; ea
nounced after ahe had been ta the a|r
an hour longer than the previous re
cord as required by standard!
GIFT TO inKIVRRSfTY CEH* WHO
CHICAGO, Jan I, -(JD—The Uol
veralty of Chicago during the paat
year received gifts totalling MJ4M4I.
It waa announced today.
NO NEW aUES
IN MUTILATION
Young Yadkin County Man Re
covering Following Btranga
AsMtah
WtNRTON-SALEM. Jan. |.- (JPI
Sheriff C. E Motley of Tadkln coun
ty, npent several honra ta Wluaton-
Ralam today telklng lo John Spillman.
19-year-old Yadkin youth, who Is jin
der medical attention at. a local hos
pital for knife wounds racetved lata
Sunday aftarnoon when two wbita
men are aald to have attempted to
mutilate him.
Young, fftttjman, according to phy
alciaa* ,1a expected to ba abla to go
horns In ten days.
Rheriff lAokley said he had made
no further arrest* In tbe caaa. Jaa
pftr Huichen* being iha only person
held *0 far In connactlon with tbs
crlma. Hutchan/ Is In tba Yadkin
lonnly Jail pending the outcome of
Rplllraan'e Injuries and an Investiga
tion.
Hoover Begins to Thmk Os
Naming His Cabinet Member .«
U. H R UTAH, Jan. 2.-oFl—Th*
"electlor/ of bla Cabinet being the next
task ahead of him. Herbert I
Hoover Immediately after hia arrival
In Washington next Sunday, plans to
begin n aeries of conferences with
Republican party leaders from prac
tically all section* of the ootantry on
the make-up at bla executive family.
Mr. Hoover probably will Invite to
hi* firyt conference those Congres
sional leaders who took n leading peyt
Ip hia campaign. These wilt Include
undoubtedly Vice President-elect
curtla. Senator* Moss* of Jftw Htrny
shirs. Borah of Idaho, and Racket! of
Kentucky. Speaker Longwortb and
Repraeentatlve Ttlson, the Republican
House leader, and Representative* j
Newton Minnesota, who waa chair-1
man of tbe party’s national campaign ,
speakers burusu, and Fort of Naw
South Feels Coldest
Weather of
Cold Blows From K
Why Women Folk Are
Not) So Subject Flu
RALEIGH. Jan !.-<#>—Dr.
Charles O*H. Laugbingbouas, s'aUT
health off tear, ballavaa that wam
aa era lass suscaptibla to Influ
snaa than man bacauaa thay waar
[hr cIoUMMI
■To many elothee oausaa a par
son to bacon a ovarhaatad and low
ara tba raalatanca," Dr. Laugbtett
bouas aaM todays " nobody can say
tyat tba woman waar too maay
< lothau ahd H has baan my ohaar
vatlon that they heva **raator free- ;
dpm from colds aad flu than tha
OtMfta’ 9 * i V. I
TWO MERCHANTS
ARE ASSAULTED
Nofrsss Attack WHmtafitoif
Mfirekaats. With Rsbkary
Motive
WIIJfiINGTON, Jfin. *.—(#>—Two
Wilmington merchant* lata last night
and tarly today were victim* of rob
bars. .
On* of the merchants R. J. Hard!
nt(n, was encountered on III* wav
home from bto store last night by
three negroes They knocked him
down, be said, aad searched hla pock
ate. However, they failed to find the
cealed elsewhere oif h^person.
/lanw flenWH WMMR« ' tin aa mil 0 tot
UO7 ifrown, 70QDI refruiwiii, wmm
tendered nncooacloua by a blow dealt
by n negro with whom be was trad
"m rile lUNiro reaped With a attfiQ
tlty of groceries.
Rickiurd ( elehrates
Birthday in Hospital
MIAMI. Fta.. Jan. 2—<A»J—'Tex
Rickard, promoter, today celebrated
hla 444 b birthday anniversary In a
hospital recuperating from aa appan
dtettia operation performed
Rickard said ha kaeqr many better
way* of spending a birthday, but wa*
thankful tka operation had been suc
cessful. '">4
I‘hyalclafi* said tonight hia onadl'
tlcfil wan good. > ■-
ESCAPES BI]T
SURRENDERS
Six Prioonera Mak« Rnrapmi
Frosi ( oluwMa, ft. C. Slats
k, i ...
t* 0 *
COI.rMBIA. 8. C.. ton 2,—(4*1 J.
B. Griggs, one nt the six /priaonaf*
escaping from the Stats Penitentiary
early today, roturned late tbla after
noon and gnVe himself up
Roma dlftauce from Golumbta lr
"hailed a motorist nnh a*ked' to b ,
brought here. H« declared he be
came too 111 to attempt to continue
hla flight.
The others wdre atlll at, large in
nlgbt, hot polio* war* scouring tu
for trace# of them.
Jersey, secretory of the Republican
! national committee, who wg« the
J Vonver floor manager at tha Kan***
■ ,"ty convent loa. ,
The President-elect Indicated dear
ly today that b* baa not made qp hi*
mind on tba Cabinet appointment*
Tba first task b* aet for himself wa*
bis Latin-Amariean geod-wlll tour
and ba feels it la unnecessary to be
gin the CaMnet selection until he
reficbee the Capitol.
Thy purpose o< Mr. Hoov
er’a dtslt to Washington Is to ionfei
with these leader* WTtlle there he
also will ask for a conference wtth
President Cooltdge to make a Report
on bla obaervatlun* oa the good-will
| tour, la addition, he wilt rdmutat*
|a precis* program for hla Inaugura
tion, which he desire* to be aa atmple
(Continued on page two) » I
THE ASSodM
r !3
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perature of ft * I
V\ VKMKH SOlLli* I •'
ARE KOKUI*!, 4
Another High f
t«iv 4*h Promise ofHl. iiULf"' j
Cold Span myu . I
1 11. \NT \. «la..
* • jh,"| ii.r-i, I, ,mad
mi Mill aU
-|| ninfm that ,
lr ‘*
jin-wiira MUM.-’, -
way
null which MJU.m|H
np.rn^m
' ci'l •<M»c ««' »«
mdo In oS ttM^^BplM''
Sind, but bad baan
...•I, officials of Uta .- s
said. ' -
nscapad hNNI
niKhfa cold, the lowaSi flj|V | wKh
*• '*""*« reported at ftgV **+
i nil lived up to Ha mk • HU
a 14 while Tampa UMinStg
* dared 44 and iltosa gupltv
a*. W
( hurMl. rZ I ijfcjy J
.urnbla JN io ■
Va.. had*a |fw of My jg
For or {ml w* itlit 'lit: '>
the far north wwl «||g_
. idling
during tha 4M
ta unofficially at mldtAr the tutofihUa
Although th® flontf m
had not complataly
i.May, Aabavllla bad ■ - -■
P. m., with 86 aspadi. - - .asar 1
Kl*n*|i«re m that ata J W%ff||Ug
dirt precipitately from .
•I.e rarly night toww
point ‘
At Richmond at 4
the mercury stooil at pp BSOUIST 4
was sit-adllv falling, ' (§
drliallng rain aa It dm •MM6 .
had reached the SfiMH M
Mat* earlier In tba fi*»T S
Hilxtol reporting at fit- \ - ,
A Inlmma wa* In line
.Hi cold of thf wlaifi^rglljM
* '< '• d minimum ’• mpar^*^ l *
rr«« at HlrmtnghaiU Vs s*s**?*' 1
Montgomery expected a * 1
nltnlo drop to the the#- , I
trig from llie Soa of pdfifF I
Free Florida wa* (n thsA, • aJ«, |
wave, only Uh* aoutbar* r% appaatod \
Mate expecting to \ tha haifk
touch of wintry wtaria. Fradw at wftMif i
"C were for fraaulng wsathV |7 basra,
northern portion at tha mmaiM*
, rohable frost In the central * Iblblltty
'■Ja^^Qs^BjkiMpMw
UPlr and colder waa the MM
'or nun» «e*'lone toolgfel Sh# A 'irisf S
low. with h'-avv to Mght fruMhlj ■
•*« oealrnl Vlorlda. -A Insyj rJ /
ere* fo-hdng nearby; hnajps I t»46 v
"T-.i senile south wtnd# ta Mht
*th* bitiee north blaata a . W>4 T
r- rmer weather i flit
amort
i ,01 ■■vptn. Kv. with a nth JFf
degrees, reoorted (ba to W, SB*
<>. ratijre rearffttutaHay «fi £ ] MSh
the local wept bar bureau,
Tenri* rffciWßOßl
>‘V derree* higher than tbuttM^^|.
t'h.ittai. Tom, and ijKMßigfe
s i 1< the. mountfil^^Kp^ig
• r 74 each;
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oid Halalgjlblg
* na4
1 :h opu, Fla.,
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of 1$ 4uiM|gH