WEAT H E R
T«lr Friday and Ralurdvy, slightly
cooler Frtdajr.
VOLUME EIGHT; NUMBER 51
SCORE DEAD IN TORNADOES IN GEORGIA AND S. C.
Farmers Are Here And
Many Left Homeless By
Ferocious Windstorms
One Dead and Seven Hurt at
Enoree, South Carolina; 20
Home* Wrecked
COCHRANE. GEORGIA. IS
IN DIRECT STORM PATH
Telephone Wlrea Down and Re
ports of Number of Dead
Vary
ANDEIftfON, H. (,'., April 25. (**>—
A tornado which struck Anderson
county lale today Injured an undeter
intned number of people and caused
heavy property damage. Motorist*
i-rrlvtng here said houses had beep
demolished and the roadstreWn with
V reck age
Wires were down and only the re
port of tourists were available early
tonight.
The heaviest known damage was re
ported from a little settlement 80 miles
n trtheasl of here where houses were
wrecked and several people Injured
They were being brought here for
treatment.
Twenty Homes Destroyed
PELZER, a\:.. April 25 l/P) Bn
confirmed rrfports reaching here sal'
that two NegTties were killed and an
undetermined number of persons In
jured, 20 homes destroyed and prob
ably 100 made homeless ul the Tucker
school community 7 miles west
here, when a tornado struck the sec-
Jinn this afternoon.
I T>*ad 1 Hurl At Kaoree
RPARTANBURfI. H. C.. April 25
(,¥) —One person was killed and seven
Injured three probably fatallv when
n tornado wrecked n house near Kno
ree In this county lale this afternoon.
20 Dead At Cochrane
MACON, flu., April 25 OP) One
person was known In have been kilt
ed at Rent*, .Oa., riml more Mian q
(core were reported dead at Cochran*
following a tornado that swept south
central Georgia lute Mils afternoon.
In a second report to Massee here,
the overseer, a man named Bartlett
eald 17 persons were dead and from
to to 50 Injured at Cochrane, i'hc
rverseer said property damage bad
h»en heavy throughout the section and
many bead of livestock killed
Othpr reports placed the dead al
Cochrane at 10. The telephone ope l a
tor at Perry said she had a
via Kastman, giving that many killed
The Perry telephone operator sold
that most of the lines to the distant
section were down and she was unubh
to communicate with nearby towns.
All physicians and nurses in Hast
man and Hopkinsville wore at the
•cent-of tins atorm.
AH r«‘pfcrtH Haled that the fcVeatent
damage was In t)ie outskirts and ad
Jacent rural communities..
The little town of Helens also was
?eported struck by the twist hut no
check could he made of the casualties.
1' apy., there.
SAYS HE HEARD
FAMILY CRYING
Aged Farmer RelateH “Wail*”
of Vanberburgs Came Hours
Ahead of Tragedy
GASTONIA. April 25 -(#)— A neigh
bor of Jacob Vandei burg, charged with
live murders, testified today he heard
"walling and praying" In the direc
tion of the Vauderbitrg house several
hours before the bodies were dlacim.
ered in the burned home.
A. P /Baumgardner. «ged farmer, de
clared he beard the "unusual noises”
let wren 8 and !• o'clock on the night
of December 27. The charred remain*
of Jacob Vnnderburg's father, moth
er, brother and two sisters, were
found early th<> next morning.
He did not take special notice,
Baumgardner said, because they often
qnarreh-d It was nearly 1 o'clock
that night when tile boy'G-nine to tils
home and told huo Ids family had htieii
murdered
Ten witnesses were called during
the day as Solicitor Carpenter Sought
to build up his chain of circumstantial
ipdenoe to show the boy guilty, m
THE GOLDSBORO NEWS
READ IN THE MORNING WHILE MINDS ARE FRESH—READ BY BirYERS BEFORE THEY BUY.
Destroy 900 (*ullons
Os Beer in Ind. Spf?s.
An eighty gallon capacity still
was captured yesterday by Wave*
county deputies making a raid In
the Williams Mill section of lii-'lAn
Springs township. Nine huod cd
gallons of beer were deslrove.l
The outfit was not In operation
Deputies John Kornegny, nock
.Gardner. Karl Smith and Geo-ye
(hiker brought In the outfit, one ol
the biggest captured In the co IUiV
In recent weeks. “
GASTON JURY
STARTS PROBE
Will Investigate All Phases of
lawlessness at Gastonia
Strike
GASTONIA. April 25—AAl The
Gaston county grand Jury, opening u.i
investigation Into mob violence in
connection with the Isiray mill xlrlk’-
In r* - , this afternoon extended Its pro
gram lo hegY complaints of cruelty
against slid Ilfs' officers urid aanotinc
cd plans for a blanket probe of law
essness..
1 %
A doxen Witnesses, including dnk
ges and a newspaper reporter who was
attacked by a deputy sheriff were
heard today.
Major Stephen If Dolly, command
ing officer u the nullopal guard on
duty here for three weeks, and oilier
witnesses will lie heard tomorrow-
The announced purpose of the ses
«h n was lo Investigate the dextTui
tion of beaihjuurtcrs of the Nutlonal
Textile Workers ltnlon, Instigators of
the strike here, and the strikers food
supplies by a hand of masked men.
The ph'luitk-EW. were hack al I heir
pi-slb lale lislay with all o their lead
ers out (if s jail for the first lime In
three days, hut with a spokesman who
1 U for New York In fin- Interests of
tin* strike IncarTWialcd lit Greensboro.
N 1\
W M Bledsoe of Gastonia. Paul
Crouch of the International Labor
Defense Miss Viola Hampton and lluy
niiuiil Clark, euroiUe northward to
seek funds for the workers wt-re halt
'd at Greensboro following an auto
mobile neeldent in which t|yclr car was
'triplicated. Bledsoe was jailed on a
tecklesg driving charge.
Miss Klh n Dawson and Carl Iteeve.
strike leaders who spent lust- night
in Jail for leading a strike parade,
were fined sls each In recorder'*
court Mils morning. Both filed notice
of appeal. _ '
Ministers To Urge Sunday
Closing Measure to Board
Th*- Goldab >ro and Wayne Countv
M nfktertel Association will meet w ill
'he County Board of Comiul.doner i at
o r* - 4
their mu 'Dig the first Mon I iv lli Ma
»nd again urge M.e advtsahi tv >1 *f
feeling some sort o a Hu inlay closing
ordinance for filling stations. The
New* learned yesterday Decision to
meet with the Commissioners amt
again go over the mailer with them
was reached by the Ministerial A *o
coition at its last regular meeting.
Wayne county dllxens are also to he
invited to b* present for Mu- confer
ence wllli the Commissioners, ll was
su'd, Al Mu- meeting 101 l t-veral
weeks ago. citlxeii-. soim Son ■troag,
end represent log every
the younty were present to urg' tils
coiniiil.ssloners to draft some sort of
a i losing ordinance. Sheriff E A Hl'v
alls of Grunt ham town lilp headed the
< i.miidillc
Tile Ministerial y mciai on Wa : m*
officially repre*' tiled lo I lie New t a
luvoring some "llaiilH" closing ordin
ance It was understood M*at Mo
board would b« asked to provide an
act under jihich the gtationa would f*
CLUB BOYS AND GIRLS TO GATHER TODAY
* rt ~ ' ' rr ~ * vT
srwr’.-r-i.>,.' “—*»• i. - --sMKwiya
Young Aviatrix Makes New Record
> t>w B
,*. JffirWljßr *>y uHPflnfiOP ’
fplPI it f ‘| * I
'W'H-' j* ’ ■. J 1
Elinor Smith, 17-year-oM aviatrfx, is shown here checking over
her motor before bet ukeoll at Koosevelt Field, Long Island,,
in an effort lo establish a new endurance flight record for
women, which ‘he accomplished when she broke the existing
record of 22 hours. 3 minutes, 12 seconds..
TO ARBITRATE
GR AIT SINKING
Canada and U. S. (n Name lt«*|i
reschtalivos to St*Ule Bum
Ship Cast*
WASHINGTON, April 25 t/T”) Tlo-
United Stal'-.s and < anadu ngrei-d to
aibltrate Ho* dispute over the tlnklnr
, f tile Cnnad.liin Bum llumo-r I’m
Alone off \< w Orleans. Correspon-.,
dence mioh pulrllc by Secretary Stlm
son revealed this-tonight- The case
will b<i> suhinlMcd lo two arbiter*, one
selected by each government under
lernix of Ihej llfpinr -uiiirclln •
treaty between Ho- Ifrikied States and
Ureal Brl tin TtO-v wljl decide wtielh
er Canada Is'etiHHeil to redress.
Csnada made fotqial representathuv
to the Cnlted Stains on ApHI It con
"ernlng Ho- sinking t)f the Ijjtu Alone
off the Isitllslnnfi enlist on March 2k.
bv the coast guard patrol boat. Dexter
The Canadian uTNko pr<dlcate<| on
three points.*
Thai Hie I'm. Alone was al all lime .
(dosed on Sundav exo-pt fur a f.
hours ot tin- day.
VV’lilh- lh< .dinUlcti.il \ ■ 11 1:1 ' lon o
the conic v will alti-nd the meeting a
a whole ID t A. -I HmiiA has been
deslgnalt d to present Mu- Ideas of Ho
group tin ill*- hue's!ion, The Nt w w.i
llifotnletl
sloti*( nant rd hike ,i rmlical
vvw nn \hi Miihjtt •< 111 • • N* h '
Srtlfl a r u1 thn- \ * kifi
last im I . • 1 i»ii ,ir 1 at.-- ci.ii* tv net .
sary th.i 110 aits In (mind lo ettrb iII
IIUI tanct- ■tt hit h ' tA 1 :*H-. ■. in ifllt
parts ol Mu- county have hctonic on
Htilitl.iv (
"l.t 1 I|m- luffing altoill Mo .111 11 il
Jl lllg 100 I. Ol I to- 1 1' ill till l!oV fI um
1C yegm ot age,up pend a large jr-irt
of I heir sunda \ .tiiiiui them, loiieiiu,
around. Itl'iio i.i'.M -, »..J,• plat in;’
illt- viol nuttiiinv Hid I*l
dllnklii uni 1 irmi im* into 11. M lirrii
Id* If Mo- place wre i> controlled
I hat .1 im.o 11 ' in cl .1 I : 1 dito dm
iug a certain time of thu day ami (he
hang-out Joint feature tic eliminated, it
mould nut bo no tool,’• _ M
GOLDSBORO. N. i'. FRIDAY MORNING. APRIL 2(i. 1»29
CIVIL SLITS
ARKSTARTED
Air. apd Mrs. .1. E. Havnitr S**t*k
Damat'c Io Stint of $1(1.250
in W(eek
Mr and Mrs. -I K Bavijoi yes
t.-rday filed milts against Ktl and
- h.<
Its a . result of an nulornohlle ip cider,l
nci (deni which occm 1 J January 22
|,i.l oil hlehwav No Im ioiir mile 1
w c 1 u( Goldaliiu Mi Ba-iioi -.1 k .
d.mage of lie 1 ;.uid Uavnoi
danutg' • 1.2 0. i f 'liiil. - ..non i,
ijjllnosl foi (mi lull liilurli-s anil
C’f.u for loss of his auiumobtle.
Complaint ril'd in the office of
ch-ik of court J It Hooks alleges that
carelessness ami recklessness on the
part df'lhc defendant* caused Hie 111 *
cideiil. The .Huyrior car had turned
"If the highway to tin- left, II Is at
heed after (lie driver, Mr. Itaynor
ad lookisj carefußy to see that the
I i.ol was clear Ouly thu two reer
wlteela icnialiu-d mi Hie pavement
when the- l-'iiller aiiliiiooliilc struck
lie liavriui car. liiriilng it over, it In
«untended
Mr ..Itaynor is -*aid to liave'silf
fl 1 i-d a hruken collar horn*, a dis
hs-ated slmulder and severe inuixcs
end shuck which have 1 "iilinu'-d t<>
rive her much putu and worry. Mr
lii'tun Is il'-- 1 rilii l .ic- 1 having sus
l .ill'll illillric . aleiut the l,a< k,
shoulders and htfrw.” f
'OT HI III'It IH MOCK \TS
V. \Mi|.N.;Yo\ April > ( I*) V
111 : 100 not to attempt in hind all
d> mortal in the senate to the export
t tele tiliiic plan as a put of turn re
Met: legislation was rc u Inxl lislay al
1 democrat it- caucus alliiidi-d by .11
•J Me "1 membci of tin- i>arty In
ki ~ I.ale
( IfOSS WORD IM /y.LK
H I ARTS M
Hi'KthiiinK May I, Tin* Nows
will .-tart publication of tj.
dully ( tons word puzzle. The
puzzle i supplied Tito Nowrt
[ I by Tito A*- ou int« d I’ro : F‘»-a
--l | tiir«i Service and id one tiidt
| is not Ijoo hard. liut at ilto
1 same tiriu- hard orioujth to af
ford Homo mental exorcise.
JUNIOR PLAY
IS ON I’ODAY
o
“I'ic.a’' In ID* Presented at North
State This Afternoon
and Tonight
The Junior class of tlo- Goddttbnro
lugli ijun.l will present "Bigs" al the
North Slate Theater Ih s evening and
a glit. Tlt Im play was written hy An
ne Morrlsop and Patteraon McN'ull
I. Is a Ihtei- ad cuftiMh and conlaltis
ninny rumaiilh- and also 1 -outleal
fvenes
‘I lie Jpulor play Is an annual event
’.il the local l|lgll school mil this
v ear's play Is considered to he one
the best ever put ou by thu local
'ad-ills Ttd 1 will h* (lien Ist year
-.at Ihe play will he pul ou Jit Hie
Tternoon am) Hie mauugemeni Is ex
(l'dlng tills venture to to- very suc
cessful. ,
A small part of Ihe piav wa* pre
sented Thursday In Chape! at Ihe High
School and It received much /avoruhle
c'lmment from the student* and niem
b, r* of the faculty who saw It. Thu
play deal* with the action* of Junior
.A'kins who. with the nsalsmnce of
his Sweetheart. I* Irving to raise $350
with which to buy 250 pig*, which ev
-1 yon* think* have the Cholera. Jiin
'l r howevtyr believes that he can cure
these plus and si-ll'ihem ul a large
pio'fli lie wants them so t>ad that
lie even gels desperate In Ills ways us
living to raise money. Wilt lie g'-l
in'll .mi liuiitileT Cuiiim iMlt unit see
for yoiirmlf.
Between acta, an orchestra cooi
fhili>ffTTTTTre fy-hf school »4intents, will
lurillsli music, and Jack Italne*. KMi<-l
M. file.'and Joseph Mutln-vT* will sing
Also Charles I*. Wells will
talk between ads. Mr. W> ll* .1* a
member.of the xtaf, of the Nnilotial
i >l aygrouud and Kecreallou Asaoda
ti'Ui of America, aiid u inernher of Ihe
National Hchool of Drumallc*. lie hgs
lied several years experience In drama
tics ua producer, teacher, and kdor
Thus* appearing in the play are:
Junior Alktnx (Clarence l'eacockl;
Mr A*ki"s (William Howell)-; Mrs.
\lkiliK (Mary IMpklitjj Hector Hpen # -
nr (llohi-rt h^-lly); Mrs. Hpencer
(Evelyn liaddiiur); Leiiore llaHlings
(Helen Spencer At.kin* (Mu
tton Wlilt(ed);' Mildred rushing* (l.lel
Mi Kentyi; Dr Springer (Joseph Mai
hews); H<mi(h (Hfrauclian
Duncan)^
STORM M til MM, INSIKD
WASHINGTON. Altrll 25 (Xl*> - the
weather bureau lislay Issued Hie (id
lowing slorrn warning:
"Ailvlsory soulliwesl warnings or
di red 9.20 a m. Ca|M* Hulterus to
East port, Maine; storm over Central
Illinois will cause stlhmg southwest
winds and gales with rulu next 21
Children’s Plays at Drama
Institute Opener at 4 P. M.
The Wayne County Dramatic Insll
Mile will open this afternoon al 4 o’
dock with a short program of dill
drenV play* and a lecture by 'Charles,
C W.-lls of New York, specialist In
dramatics lor children. Mr Wills In*
le-t » r-rrOo-ie l,y th<- Nutloutal IMn
■tiUMW and Itccreatloli Assisdul ion In
i iiinlui t the Institute fur the Memo
l>
rial • unimunlty Building
Miss Hamilton's kindergarten ' la s
will h'-glu Ih* program with a beau
•l'ul costume dilhlretl'* play, "The
*‘inur Garden" Till* piece was stag
. il before an audience of parents and
' lend: of MDs 11.million'* pupils y* •
(erday morning and was greeted with
l igh praise The ages of those par
ti paling range from four lo six.
Next will lie a dramallxing of the
• lory of "Tlie Tlir*e Bears" by Miss
Eleanor Kornegay's room of the Wal
’>lll SI reel School Mlgs Korncgay sol
this play n i> as a regular part of her
*'a ■< work, and is of doulde Inter'-I
foi that reason as it shows wliat can
I c doin' in i)„. wav of grallfyln)* Ho
ratnnil dc .Ire of every child to dr' t
•iiaMze tiie lhlnpi.be reads and !
Tin* final play on the program will
lie prrsluc.-d, lly 111'- .dilldren of; S
Mkry's'l’arl li Si h0.,1. 'lln-lr iiffci im-.
"Thu liravsat Do> at Hunker Hill,"
Expefct 500 to 600 At
Second Achievement Day ;
Program For Wayne Co.
| Dint riel Winner |
K/ 14
■o > 3 - ML
o*
Kxra Griffin, win of Mr. and Mrs.
K. K Grfftln, will compete In Kalelgl)
It,ls evening for stale honors In the
Niilioual and Internulhmul Oratory
Conlest*. Itepree.eulltiK the fiohlsboso
b'gh school, Mr. Griffin .won a ana
l.lmous dedsioii In the fifth district
Duals here last Muuudy evquiug
PELLAGRA IS
CAUSE DEATH
Wesley Edwards, 3li, Died ul 3
I’. . Thursday
Afternoon
A\ <- ihy K<l wards, 38, .died al hi*
lit-mc on" Edmumlsoii Hill yesterday al
terniHiii at 3 o’r lock, followlug a 15
Uionilis llljo-s* with pellagra. Mr Ed
wards who had been employed by Hi
Norfolk mid Sim*hern railway as n
‘•borer, Is survived- by his widow and
live children ■*
Funeral arratigemenls had mil !• •••■i
"i mulct "I early lasl evening*
„ - o- •>
I II.IIT IH El, IN (Ol 111 *
nl.IVi; HILL. Kv, AprM 2.', (A*)-
' list In Fields, brother of Former Gnv
«»n<ir William J. Helds, and Chief
of Colic- 11. II Garter shot and wound
ed each other In a pistol Imtlle In
police court here today. Deputy Hlier
if Jim Walker of Carter County, a
I \ slander, wiys wounded and may die
is In lorh a I in nature, as ita title In
illcutis. and will be stag's) !u full <;oa
luli!' Il deals with the adventures of
i i youngster during that epoch making
cm which murk"<l Ihe sh-st real en I
i | counter of Ihe American Colonist with
j tin- armed fyr< os of their mother
i country ' 4
■j Following these pluys. Mr.* Wells
*MI talk to tlo- audience on the |l‘*s
i Mblllll* ot chlldreti'H dramalle.s, and
eh i|i< methods of reallxmg the*" p(i.s
jUllilllHe*
Tonjghl Mr Wcfls will attend His
I Jiir ll o play and makn a 'boll
talk between curtaltft. The program
i v 'i lurday call* for three meeting*. At
elev>'ii o i lock Mr. Wells will talk to
! Hie high sch.gil dramatic club In th"
'•meiican la-glon room of the Com
i: mtinlly Building. At I p m. he will
lecture im ilic problems facing a little
i ilientr" group, such us staging, cos
' Miming, directing, and Ilka technical
i r -silolls. Saturday niglit Ihe Wuyn •
i i Coninidnlly Blnyers will produce two
«■ in* ad plays for Ills criticism wnil for
lii ua- in discussing make-up, llghl
inr, a* ting and other problem* which
I come up l& the adual staging of a
production. Only adult* and chlldreu
, over Hie age of fifteen, excepting mem
ber.) ol tin high school dramatic club.
MEMBER OF
THE ASSOCIATED
PRESS
pud nn mm
Stale Leader HarrtlJ, CMMnt
Specialial Mlh Hunter
on Prof ran
211 COMMUNITIES AKIf TO
SEND YOUNG FOlJtf
CluhH Will Compote for Prim
For Boot lotion Dram
, and For Exhibit*
Second anoual achievement day wilt
lx- observed tiara today with MO to Ms
member* of boya and (trla cluha
if tmty-slx Vfayas coaaty commualtiue
in altandanca.
R 8. Harr all, state boya club lander,
Mias Wlllla Hunlar. clothluft special!*
with tb* North Carolina llata Oollegp
Katanalon service, County Afoot A. K>
Hobart son. aaalatant county ageat, T.
T Brown and Mis* Ruth Hatlly, houan
itamonstration anent, artll appear an . 9
the prof ram which will ho atartod tt
'he Memorial Community Build If N
P 30 thla morning nod continue until
* o'clock thla afternoon.
Rxtilblta of work done by the etub
members will ba shown la the fy.ua>
nnuluro throughout the day. Thtf
mil include sewing, and fond poabarß
Hint rating appropriate breakfasdu,
school lunches and suppers. PHMt
wilt he given to tha clubs With beak
exhibits, and thara will also be prkMfc.. ,
r .r beat Individual WhlMta. Thar# wtft
he s cotton draea contest, sad the M*
urn Orowars Cooperative Aaaoctatlee.
of Kalefah, will giro a prlsa ad IMI
'nr the beet cotton draan and kJ.Pd fer
second. Matavlala for 44 of tha OOttOU
ill" uses were presented by tha OWWUtp
i i d locul niorcHauu to tha glrlu par*
ti iputtuK In a county team coast eat
lere last Hutnrdey
The prlseti to lm given have bOM
presented by local banks and nser
r' nnts Kach club will pat on atuatf,
fi r which there will ba prises.
At II n'dlock la the morutng Um
►•lit* ami I toys will walk ta tfa Maaoa
Theufre, where they will sea “The
Modern Cinderella." Tha yoanf pea
pic will bring lunch with them, and
with thla they will have Mavla furn
mhed by the Mavla Company and local
merchants. •
Achievement Day was observed here
for the flrat time last year and’ wua A
decided * access Miss Rath
county home demonatratlon agent, kt
In charge of tha movement, and la
r* acral director of tha 4-H Olrla ('tubs
hroughottt th« County. Mtaa ReUly
r'atda that the em cees o' the 4-H clabe
Is due to the local leaders In aoofe
(immunity
The program tor the day Is as hal
low*
('all to order—Prasldsut Bertie
Hmhh
Bong—“ Hall, Hail, The Cluba Are
All Mere "
Roll Call by Clubs. Altendaaee Re
port*, lenders. - * „
'Minui* by Secretary—lrene Aycock
Qfeet Inge—Mias Reilly, Home Doae
cnstratlon Agent.
jfonK "Club Boy*, Club Oirla*'.
Mi** Willie Huutsr—Clothing Spe
cialist.
Song—“Oh Me. Oh MyT.
Mr. Mur rill State Club leader.
Hoijr If She’s Binging All the
Pay" 1 , ■*'
A K Robertson—County Agent.
Hung "I’m Forever* Boasting Club
Work" <
T T Brown—Boys Club Agent—
Recognition of Edmund Aycock.
Hong ''firing Abe flood Old 4-R
Sign".
March to Mason Theatre—Picture.
"A Modern Cinderella"—Biager Sew
ing Co.
Murrh back to Community Building.
I.unch—"Mavla".
Kong "Jingle Bells’*. «=>
Club Htunts—Call 8011.
Demonstration Teams He bool
Lunch- Grantham, Sr. Table SeUiag
Itosewood. Jr. Dish Washing-
Daniels Chapel. *
Hong Hava a Standard Club.*
Son* -“Way Down Upon tha farm".
of Prises.
Cloning Song— " Day la Ooaa.l JTB J
Load Up Tracks 8;M ft *uMB *