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VOLUME SEVEN; NUMBER 291
80 YR.OLD DIM WOMAN ROBBED AND ASSAULTED
Bloodhounds Used To
Track Assailant And
A Deaf Mute Is Held
Forcible Entry Made Into Wolf,
escape Township Home In
Early .Morning
AGED WIDOW IN SERIOUS
CONDITION FROM ASSAULT
Reports Are She Was Carried
■ From Home Some Distance
And Aasaulted
W hat la believed to he one of the
moat brutal crime* ’ever to have oc
curred In the history <pf Duplin coun
ty. wa» perpetrated In the Wolfacrape
townahlp of that county aometime be
tween midnight and ! o’clock Satur
day morning when Mra. Mary O. Sul
livan, 80 year old widow, waa robbed
t-f $6 or |lo and taken forcibly from
her home about ten mllea aoutheaat
of Mt. Olive, and In an unconscious
condition, waa carried to a grapevine
near her houae and criminally as
saulted. Simon Taylor, deaf and dumb
white man of that auction, la being
held In the Duplin bounty jail at
Kenanavllle, charged with the crime,
according to report* received here
vpHterday. and a hearing waa sche
duled to have been held aometime
during Monday. Reports of»hte re
sults of the bearing could not be ae
enred, however, at a late hour teat
night The aged victim of the alleged
t n*aault. la skid to be la *-*#rloua con
—<H| lon
According |o all available reporta.
the crime wae discovered by a hod of
Mra. Bulllvaa'a who Went to the home
’of his mother sometime afTer mid
night. and found her In a hysterical
condition, with several bruises on ber
tody, and bar clothing disarrayed. He
could get no coherent explanation
from her. It waa said, and went to the
home of John Water*, who Uvea near
bv, to get help. Mr. Waters sent his
wife to the Sullivan home and later
followed hUnself. It was sometime be
fore the aged woman could tell what
had occurred. It was said. She was In
bed asleep when sometime after mid
night she suddenly heard a terrific
pounding on the door, which was
locked. Bhe awoke. It was said, and
about that time the front door crash
ed in and someone came Into the
room where she had been sleeping
The man attacked her, she told
friends and then she lost' conscious
ness and knew nothing of the follow
ing events beyond a hasy.recollection
of a struggle. Grapevine twigs In her
hair and the rumpled and liolled con
dition of her clothing led Mr. Wat
ers and severnl neighbors to the
grapevine near the houae, and her#
the signs of a scuffle were evident.
It was reported. A cap. later Identi
fied as belonging to Taylor, was also
found under the grnpevjtie. It was
learned.
Mr. Waters went to. ihe nearest
telephone and communicated with
Thief of Police C. ft Htevaps .of Mt.
Olive, and asked him what he thought
about getting bloodhounds to trail the
criminal. Btevan* told him- that there
would be about a fifty fifty chance.
Bloodhounds, belonging to W. F. Ste
vans. of Rmlthfleld, a brother of C
. H. Stevans. were sent for, and ar
rived on the scene of the attqek Sat
unlay afternoon -about 2:80 o'clock.
The dogs were allowed to ametl the
<np found nepr the grapevine. and
were then permitted t.o search for
leading track*. They soon etrnrk a
trail. It was said,. Hnd. followed Iht*
until they came to house where. It
was later learned. TayllW had spent
the night. ®fhcn th#y follow«-d the
trail from the house, which led to a
place In the wood* where.'ll was said
he had worked Saturday morning.
Mr Water* and other neighbors of
Mr*. Sullivan had begun to suspect
who the assailant might he. and
„ someone was sent to get Taylor and
bring him to.the scene. The man «ra*
Idenltiled hv the hounds. It was said
and ihe rap found at the scene.of the
crime was also Identified by several
as being bis
Taylor was arrested hv Mr. Water*
vtao Is a magistrate, and was taken
itnd Lodged In I*ll at the Duplin conn
to Kenanavllle hy ohe of his sons,
tv scat fur saf*-k«epln* »"*• to await
a bearing. Emilia ambng people
of the Wolfacrape section was sbld
to have been high, but the uca who
THE GOLDSBORO NEWS
a* ' ‘ ' * ° V A..
READ IN THE MORNING WHILE MINDS ARE FRESH—READ BY BUYERS BEFORE THEY, BUY.
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MRS. MALPASS
DIED MONDAY
Funeral Held Y enter day After
noon From Home On Etutt
Elm Street
Mra. D. T. Malpass, 56, died at her
home on East Film street here yester
day morning al l a. m after a linger
ing illness of several months. Her|
death, while not unexpected, has cast
a shadow of sadness over the sect ion (
of Goldsboro In which she lived. Hhe '
was a beloved woman aud numbered
her friends among many.
The dereuspdflta survived by her
husband, D.' Twpglpass. prominent
building contractor of Goldsboro, and
two children. Alton Malpass ams Mrs 1
Leon Kllenert. One brother. Charles,
F. Epps, and several nieces and nep
hews also survive.
Fuheral services were held from the
home yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock,
with Rev. R. E. Trfpp, pastor of the
Free Will Baptist church, officiating.
Interment waa made In' Willow Dale
cemetery
The following acted as pallbearers:
J. C. Carmack. J. C. Buckner. G. H.
Dickinson. J. J. Summerllng, E. C-
Klelnert. Emmett Price, and 11. W.
Dali.
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EUROPE BITTEN
BY SEVERE COLD
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Number Are Dead and Millions
Suffering From Extreme
Weather
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LONDON. Feb. . 4.-OP)-Europe
shivered tonight rrom a cold wave of
anusugl severity from which no re
lief waa In sight. The death of 44 per
sona already has been recorded while
suffering Is general from-food short
igea In otwns blockaded, by snovF
Denmark appeared likely t ohe en
tirely Ice locked before the en<| of
the week. Ice breakers were strug
gltn gto maintain p narrow pathway
for shipping Into Copnhagen hut com
munication with several Dannlah Is
lands was maintained only by sladges ,
and automobiles over the sea Ice.lt
Many smlps are aground, all Dannlsh!
ferry routes subjected to serious de
lays and train traffic was disordered
Millions of wild fowl have been killed
I y the cold.
While Denmark Is typical of North
European countriea. the frigid breath
of winter has been felt along the Med
iterranean where the Inhabitants are
lesa accustomed to protectnlg them
selves from low temperatures.
Mora than half of the neath toll!
was rylled up on Hunday whan the
crew of 26 of the German freighter’ I
Deleter drowned when their ship
toundered off the coast of Portugal.)
A landslide at Alma Aatg. Russian
Turkestan, swept eleven .to ihelr,
deaths. Four workmen were froaen ■ i
to death tn trying so release' the:
tracks of the Simplon Express
Want Law Forcing Closing
Os All Businesses on Sunday
Bom# twenty-five citizen* from va
rious parts of the county meeting
with Representative* Andrews and
Hood at the memorial community
Building yesterday moi.ilng pusswd a
resolution asking the representative*
to work fpr the passage of a law un
der 1 which filling *latlons, stores and
businesses generally would he cloae#
i n the Sabbath The sense of the,ra
olutlon was that this should «PI>I
to the stale as a whole but tha'
county commissioner*, having author
Hy in Ihelr own counties, should h
provided with nin< llfncry for etrforc
jug a closing ordinance.
Kx-Hherlff E A Stevens acted »
chairman al the meeting an«l N A.
Howell of lielfasl community was
secretary. The latter'offered the reso
lution. While Belfnsi cljisens
the majority, there were others pres
ent from Grantham, New Hope and
other secUous.
Pikeville Captures ;
Two Straight Games
Ptkevtlje's basketball stock ad
vanced sharply here 3 last evening
when Ihe Ptkcvllte lads won two
games, defeating Haulaton 36 to
16 and Hevcu Springs 20 to 16.
tn the Kaulston game, W. Ay
cock was high Scorer with 8
points while his (eamruntuVinson
followed closely with ft point*. Th*
floor work or T. Ayctif k"and Miis
grare contributed to -the win J.
Pccle was high scorer/for Bnuls
ton. ;* ■
Miihgrave’, guard in,: also figur
ed In Die * in over SovcA. stpriug-t
lu litis tilt Vinson was liiglp acor
for tltp winners with 7 point*,
white Dees was u Close second
with &. Kandrrson. Seven Spring's
big guti.-fallcl to shoot In this
rllfi battle,
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POLICE WORKING
ON HOLDUP CASE
Nvirro Workd (Twer Ruw In
* Robbing Ktci'e nf Tom
>Howell
las al police are atlll at work in an,
effort to solve the mystery of the
identity of the unknown negro, who
HaJurday night about B:3<t held up
and robbed Tom Howell, Elm street
merchant, of 836 tn cash, and then
made good Ills escape. - >f
According to the report made to the
police a short time arter the holdup.
Howell and J. C Carmack were In
th* More together Saturday night
whan about 1:30 o'clock a »< range,
negro rushed Into the building and
In nn apparently excited mannpr,
told the men that a nearby house
waa being broken Into, Carmack took
a pistol belonging to Howell, which
happened to be In the store, and ran
toward the scene of the *uppo*ed at
tempt so enter someone’* home.
As noon a* Carmack had run out
of the store, leaving Howell alone
and weaponless, the negro draw a gun
end pointing It at the merchant, told
him to get out th# He then
reached over the counters, opened th*
cash drawer and scooping out the
money, fled, police- were told.
Neither of the whit# men were able
to give an accurate description of the
negro. It was said, beyond stating
that he -waa "a nice enough looking
■larky.” laical police are of the opin
ion that tjh# holdup man was an adpt
al the particular trick he used In get
ting one man and the only pistol In
the store out of th* way. Hy using
the hoax of the pretended robbery of
a houae up the street, he wa* left In
the store with only one man, and h*
without a weapon
nrXIEH MIMtPPKOPHIATIO*
MACON. Ga., Feh. 4. —Charges that
he m*lappropriated $60,006 from the
Fourth National., Bank of Mitcon to
day were branded false by George E
Patterson, former executive vice-pres
ident Os the bank. Mr. Patterson was
at liberty on 825.000 bond following
his arrest on a warrant sworn out by
i< department of justice auditor.
State Senator Ifey could ocn at
tend the meeting on account of the"
press of Work requiring him ut his
office befdre he hurried back to Ra
leigh for the reconvening of the gen
eral assembly.
The resolution adorned at the meet
ing yesterday heads ijj>* effort* which
were launched ala quarterly confer-,
ejicr- of the Methodist church In the
southern part of the county more
than w vear ago. K.x-Sherlff Steven*
was active In securing the passage
of * resolution at the conference call
ing for a general Hnndsy closing law,
The matter was brought up at the
recent conference bet weep represen
tative* and county comml**lop*rs.
end County Com titles I oner Murvtn
wanted action taken on It At that
time it waa#*ald that the. board of
commissioners ho* authority to or
der Sunday dosings in -the county/
GOLDSBORO. N. TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 5, 1929
Success Reward* Hoover’s Skill
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tProokknt-tfect Herbert Hoover etude .*"**• *»
tforty-five-poood teiUUlk which fmve him e hard fight bdore
Crm K polled eboerd the “Saunterer.’* Mr. Hoover proved
MMJwMtUlaiiur the game fuh ialcxa than b*U so hour,
WANTS A PROBE
-OF STATE FAIR
‘Renolution Offered By I’ernon
Os Franklin In State
RALEIGH. Feb. 4.- DP) The legU
lature waa asked tonight to Investl
yate the affairs qf the North Caro
lina Htat# fair, said to have a abort
age of thousands of dollars, hy a res
olution Introduced in the, senate hy
W. M. Person, Dcmoogut of l/itnk
y " |
His resolution calls foivthe forma
tion of house and we nut i>'Commit tees
to Investigate the records of .the fair
In a thorough mauqer.
Another Australian oallot bill wa*
placed In the hopper tonight, this time
by Senator William* of Yadkin. It
provides for the repeal \ the ibseli
tee ballot and applies to the general
dictions only, which are Its two tnajn
point* of difference front the (trough
ton-Johnson secret ballot measure on
which committees nr*- now working
II would also make II a felony to vio
late any election htw and provide that
official markers shall be appointed In
rqual numbers from each political
party.
Before Introducing the revolution
calling for an Investigation of the
State Fair. s«nnlor Ftrson talked at
length on the question of taxes, tie-'
daring "that the manhood of North
Carolina la bowed down In peonage
because of taxation ”
RALEIGH- Fefy I <V\ -Governor
* Inaugu'al uddr«"» rtiaun
mendatlon for euucimcut «f u stuttf
le reqitli Ing the H!,«ffectH of jil/ ohol
end parcotlr* on the bumau sysitin
to lie taught tn the public schools,
mebodied In a WH by Repreaentattve
Fpet'ce. DeniMi.it of Mt"ii»- wa
passed, tonight by the lnm-i without
a record vote
The hill was not passed until a«fter
a long dlacussion at a- session tlial
also suw passage ot several I'Mbl
hills. fJL.the new measures lntrtsluc
od, only one was id statewide tmpoy
lanre, it wa* luirtplm ed by Repre-o n
tatlves Young and Leavitt, Republi
cans of Buncombe, and would extend
the time allowed non residetM unto
mobile owners to register with the
Plate department of .revenue-'from 1•*
tr. 9u days.
The house received a report from
Its judiciary committee recommend
ing the passage ,of the twin bill* by
Ken.nor Brawley. •.Democrat of Dur
ham to give mortgages again t cor ;
pt,rations, extept public service tor 1
poratlona, priority over employee
cialma lor lajurie*.
KILLS HIMSELF
AND HIS BABY
f * i
i
Kanwin Farmer Relieved De
mented Over Financial and
Oomentir Worry
OSIIOR'NK, Kan . >ah. 4 —(*»)—The
bodies of Albert
:er. and his 9 month* old child Were
C*
j found, suspended from the same rope
!at a gralnery al laingley'a home near
I ,
t hin today.
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Coroner J W. 8 cross said Lanaloy
had appnrently taken the child In hla
arms, fastened nooses on the rope
shout each of their neck* and swung
the child and himself from a rafter al
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the same time.
■ Domestic and flnanctal worries were
believed to bare caused the act.
Board Takes Steps Looking
To Improvement Wkiteway
Goldsboro’s Whito Way will be
extended and improved to such an
extept that six or seven times more,
light will brighten streets under a
program latinrhed by the city hoard
of nhlermen at thefr regular meeting
XL the illy hall lasi evening.
J. Andrew Kmlth. named by the
laierd to fill the unexplre^-term or
the late W S Leroy, w*s duly sworn
In ns sti alderman and given the
biiitd of welcome by the other mem-’
her* It,nlutton* of respect for the
late Mr. Leltqy were read as submit-'
led l»y a committee uauted for that
purpose ut tlk last meeting of thei
board. I
Rev < A —negro, asked,
iml lei ei -i i it dotnitlon of 155
(■•r tb( Initio- fin wil N'sgrce's main-,
taintMl In Ute “Little Washington sec
tion of the city.
A wholesale nil plant will he erwt-j
td i - Hi" Federal {MI company at'
John and Griffin afreet under per
mission grsn|«Ml hy Ih* board The
Federal Co. is represented In this
rectlon by tin North tMsie OIL Corn-j
pony., of which Messrs Pops and Nor
rick are operator*.
/••tiny Ordinance Vguln
More pn -sure wa* hrought to hear
against the cltv present zoning low
which restricts the hotldlug of fili
ng atullons In certain.district* Hugh
Dortch appeared An behalf of hi*
mother, and asked permission lo erect
a station on the old Ifortcb home wr
iter otf WUllgtn and Ash street. Mr
Dortch, argued that the present tux
on this property inado R prohibitive
as residential property, that the erec
tion of a station at the point would
not add to tho hazard of pedestrian*, |
Women Ask Co. Board
To Adopt Suggestion As
To a County Sanitorium
HOLD FUNERAL
MR. HOLLOWELL
Prominent Hrogden Townwkip
Man Died Sunday With
ParalyHiii
Faneral services for George A. Ild
hi»ell. 62. who died at Ilia home In
Broaden township near Elevens Mill
Sunday afternoon at 6:26 o’clock af
ter an lllnvas of only four jtays, was
held from the Oak Grove Friend's
thurch yesterday afternoon at >:*«
o'clock Rev Alfred K. t opelsud. of
Woodlawn. offlclnleil at the service*
Interment was made in the church
graveyard
Mr' Hollowed, who was a well
known farmer of Ihe Urogden sec
tion, was taken wltk a stroke of para
lysis aliftut four days ago from which
ha never completely rallied.
The deceased Is survived hy hla
wife, Mr*. Luiza Hollowed and the.
following children: J. N. Hollowed,
Mt, Olive. R F D . 8; Henry T. Hol
lowed. of Malvln. Pennsylvania; Miss
Katie Hodowell, of (Hevens Mill.
Night brothers" and one slater - -also
survive. ' . '
Attempting To Set
New East-West Mark
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METRDPfd.ITAN tiIHPOHT, Um
Angeles, Calif, Feb. 4 —Cnptgla
Fraok M. Hawke. Houston Tex , avla
t«w. happed off in hjs Laokhood moo
oplane at 5:87:36 o’clock this mea
ning on an attempt to break present
went to east non-stop flight records of
18 hours and 68 minutes.
The plane loaded with 47S gallon*
of gasoline gild with Oscar E. Oubb
mechanic. a» Captain Hawk’s com -
panton. made, an easy take off In a
run of about BJWO “f«4t. The plane
waa headed east mlmedletely.
ENOMEKII hi 1,1. ED
MEPARGEL. Ala.. Keb 4.—IAV-
Kngluerr 8 C. Foreman, of Psnaacnla.
Fla was killed last night witeu the
engine and mall car of the Bunnylaad.
Frisco passenger train, overturned
after running through an open snatch
and cra*l)tng Into a gondola on Ihe
•Ids here.
but that a sons* of Justtr*- demanded
tha granting of tb* permit.«
i Hia Request was raferred to tfio
committee which at the last meeting
waa named to conald*rrand study th*
zoning ordinance as to Ita present
| worth The committee was named aft
#r Mr. Rarhary had appearep and
gske<t for permission tq erect a filling
1 slut ion on the mfrtnwest corner of
. Ash and William Th* committee re
port «l last ulaht that It still had Ihe
matted of the zoning law under ad
; vlsepient and was contluued
Regulating Basses la ( tty
Busses will aot he allowed to park'
, on the streets or to receive orjdls
• barge pussengers on tlie street/ffin
-1 der new city ordlnauci* adopted hy
. the hoard Such regulation* hail been
contemplated for sometime jiut list
been held open pending the time a
new bus station was erected.
< tfceat the White Way
Before the of Improving and
extending the white way can be ex
t *
tended It wtll lie necessary to have uu
1 act passed In the. legislature nnder
1 which a-sessments for Ihe
tie made The board authorized the
j city manager and city attorney to
proceed with the drawing of such an
art for Introduction In the legisla
ture.
" Tile ifost of the white way In the
business district- would be about 3*
pent* per fool to the property own
er. and the same to the city. For the
few residences In the whllewsy dis-
Irlct the cost would lie only 15 cents
tier foot.
The cow question was again talked
at an executive session of the hoard
hut no new action Ip the matter gas
| taken.
MEMBER OF
THE ASSOGLATHI
PRESS
puci nwm mam
Recall* Recotn mendatioM •<
Last Uraad Jury on
Sobjoet *
MATTER IS TAKEN ' f|
I NDER ADVIMEMKND
Will Inapcct County Saaitorhi
In Number Porta of
State ,
The county board of —rtileetu
* re* held It's ragular monthly aetettac
' here yesterday. A seaaloa waa hili ta
the morning and another la thrall,
ci noon, the hoard haring ■ onvanad 08
M'Bo In the morning and ad)*ur*ad
at 4 30 o'clook tn tho afternoon.
A •'legation of reprenaUtatWe wo
men of the eonaty weht before tho
commissioners at the moratag eeo*
sion with tha r*ne«ot that th#
poeslhi* action be taken ta eeoaee
tlon with the suggestion mode hi th*
recent report of the Wayoe eonaty
for. the tuberculoela la the
county. Mrs. Monel Well, terthMT aa
rpokesman for the UMeghtlea, toU
•be members of the heard of the real
need of some other method at oarteg
tor tho tu beret tar caeaa to tee aona
«> other than haring to eend tteMl tn
an outelde Institution.
Th* hoard es uunmlialegmu Unep
agreed to t*JM the prnjudel es A
bounty sanitarium nnstee nddtaaminti
It waa teamed, tad win • 'pmhnhly
make a trip of noeaa
could be taken tp tM niter, how
ever it waa potetga out, eaM Inu*
30th, when the yewUr huAßet HA
was the only tetlb of vital ttegar
tance, H waa aaM. ,
chairman L. A. Raney, mid oona
mission era Murvtn Bergor. Pete Hi
Denning war* All ManafU. at tie moot
ing. ' . ’ .
DR. CHASEMAY
GIVE UP POST
Han Offer To HeuA Rmmareh
( oundl At ffhluff* us Mt.*
000 Yeady
CHAPKI. HILL. 1 rm>. (tV-Df-
Harry Woodburn rhaae. prpstdmM es
the CalVerelty of North Carotten. no
nonneed today that he waa eeneMer
ing accepting n position to head a
"research program of national scope."
H# would not divulge tha name es
the foundation that la making him ted
offer, hu* declared that U waa aet tin
Rockefeller research council. The fa
ult lon offered him rarrte* an annual
salary of $26,066 with g liberal retir
ing allowance. He leaned the follow
ln« ; ) 1
“I hare not decided to reelgn the
presidency of the Fnlverstty of North
Carolina.
"Fhr some months n proposal M
head a research procram of national
scope has been before as. TVnataro
of ihe propose) ta such that R hoe
hot called (or
Cmler the preen of Cnlveralty hualuaee
1 hare not had the opportunity to glvd
tha matter the consideration It do>
serves and after mnsult&tton with
memimra of (he board of trustee* and
with the research group I have €*#•„
Inltely postponed decision and ooaatd
•• ration until later In the yenr.” »
Dr. Chnae consider* the annooneo*
moat of the offer premature and na*
fortunate and had hoped to hot* tho
proposal quiet until he could make
up htu mind, realising, he said, tent
public ssnouncament at this time
might be subject to iiiiliiilnliifrMe.
tlon. ft
TWA GIII.N WINNING
GREENSBORO. Feb. 4,—giV-A
wide search waa In today
for Alice Haynee, 18. and Tier eh oh
Younger, 16, Greenahoro high,' ateaal
girl* who have been mteateß ehnea
early Saturday Pol toe In nweeval
rltle* have been asked to help treed
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