WEATHER
dhawerx Tharsduy.l elder Thursday
afterueaa ar alghL Friday fair, colder.
VOLUME EIGHT; NUMBER 56
JURY FINDS YOUNG VANDERBURG 1S NOT GUILTY
Gaston Boy Goes Free
After . Jury Considers
I Case 2 Hours, 17 Min.
Verdict Returned at 8:50 Last
Evening By Gaston County
Jury
HAD CHARGED BOY KILLED
FIVE MEMBERS OF FAMILY
Defense Successfully Refuted
' Circumstantial Evidence
of Prosecution
o ; £
0 GASTONIA. May I—</P)~ Jacob
/ Vandertiurg wlili the murder
ot five members of Ills family, wan ac
quitted by a jury in Gaston county
superior court at, 8:50 o'clock tonight
The fury was out's 2 houra and 17
-minutes.
The 17-year-oUI farm bqjr waa free of
police jjJuslody for the first lime ailice
December 28 when the leidles of hia
parenta. Ills two sister* und a younger
•irother were found In the rulna of
ibelr burned home on the outskirts
of thia city.
Judge A M- Stack, presiding, cotn
ji'eted hia charge to the jury ut UrtiJ
o'clock thia afternoon and the jury
retired with the privilege of returning
a verdict pf first degree murder as
asked by the state, second degree mur
der, manslaughter or acquittal.
During the trial which eight
dnys ago the state attempted to prove
•hat Jacob had harked his sleeping
kinspeople lo death \y)lh a
dragged Ihejj bodies Id the kitchen
and set fire to Ibe house. Alleged
bloodspots police said the/ found on
Jacoh’a clothes at (lie time of Ilia ar
rest, a bloodstained bund axe’ und
Incriminating statements attributed to
bim by stale'.* witnesses were linked
in the chain of prosecution evidence.
. Jacob waa arrested on the night of
the fire after neighbors had discover
ed him aittlng beneath a tree, shot
gun In band watching the Games.
I*ollo6 said he told them of fleeing
the (burning hotise after making his
wty to hts mother's room, feeling her
head and finding It wet with blood.
The defense rentered Its fight on
refutation of state's evidence. The
youth took the stand to dettf state
ments attributed to him.- Physicians
'»• littled the Import of the blood stain
v e«i on his clothing and a neighbor tes
tified he has used the hand axe to kill
a chicken since Ihe night of the fire-
Testimony wus concluded Tuesday
and fire arguments were heard at the
etternoon session. Arguments contin
nd Wednesday morning with indlcn
* v tn,ns that the jury would get the case
snout 5 o'clock
J. M. Hoyle,'second of the defense
’■ attorneys In the Vanderbnrg trial, fin
ished kts speech to the Jufy ut 10:15
*” Wednesday morning after speaking
45 minutes, lie started his argument
Tuesday afternoon but after lie had
. spoken SO minute* court adjourned for
•he day.
Marvin Kllcli of Charlotte followed
Mr. Hoyle und spoke an hour and a
1-alf George AY. Wilson and A. E
of the defense were also poke
\\Jklnesday morning w til Solicitor
r( arpenter speaking for the Suite to
close the arguments.
KILL HEFLIN
RESOLUTION
Fiery Alabaman Wanted Senate
To Cuss Out Folks Who
Rocked Him
WASHINGTON. May 1 <4*l The
senate worked on the farm belief bill
today while the house devoted its
time to a prohibit ion dehate In the
absence so uny legislation ready or
consideration.
After defeating the H flln resolu
, tloll to' express senatorial condemns
tlon for persons wlp» recently threw
missiles at the Alabaman during a
" speech.
Senator Written of Indiana, Re
publican leader, and Senator Robin*'
eort of Arkansas, Democrat leader,
bold the floor for two hoars discuss
ing their past and present attitude
Oft the equallx.ition fee as a measure
of agricultural relief.
In the meantime a dect don to with
hold further farm rcligshtUon from
- the house until after the passage of
Ibe huift kill bail left that bod) with-
W IS£*
THE GOLDSBORO NEWS
READ IN THE MORNING WHILE MINDS ARE FRESH—READ BY BUYERS BEFORE THEY BUY.
Mr. Johnson Grown
Giant Strawberries
R. P. Johnson, farmer living on
tha Raleigh highway about three
miles west of Goldsboro, grows
strawberries that assume gigantic
sises. Mr. Johnson brought some
of his burrbts in to town yesterday,
and a quart of the fruit was
brought to The News office. All iif
the berries were firm and ripe, and
have a delicious fluvor. Their slu
ts their greatest asset, however.
Some of-the berries measured two
Inches In ißmiielcr 111 every dlrec
tion. "Some Hhpwherries."
SHIPPERS MEET
IN CONVENTION
G. S. Dewey of Gold*l>uro tuitl
R. A. McLean. Ml. Olive
Are Directors
The fourth annual convention of the
Carolina Shippers' Association. Inc.,
will be held In Greenville Friday witli
r resident John W. House, of Wlisqa.
presiding The convention and lunch
eon will he held In the Rotary flub
building and a record attendance Is
anticipated as one hundred reserva
tions have already been made.
4 I M Halley, of Raleigh, North Caro
.lnn Corporation Commissioner, will
deliver principal address of the
conventlori for which a full program
nas been arranged l» Siam F. Dicken
son. secretary-traffic manager Os the
association Hryoe Little. Wilson at
torney, will also address the conven
tion. Both speakers will talk on sub-
Jecta of vital Importance to the ship
pers. ’
Registration will be held in the Ro
tary btiildiug at ten o'clock und the!
convention will assemble at 10:. do o'-
clock. Mayor J C. Ranter, of Green
vltle, will deliver the address of wel
come to which H. R. Marshall, of
Wilson,-, will respond. Routine husi
mss matters and reports of the-offic
ers aud committees will feature the
morning session.
Tlte speakers will he heard at the
luncheon session, following which the
election of officertl for the ensuing
year, selection of the next annual
meeting place and new business will
be taken up.
Officers und directors of the associa
tion are:
John \V. House, president. Wilson;
11. H McCoy, vice-president, Kinston;
Sunt K. Dickenson. Kec -Traffic man
ager. Wilson; Miss Elisabeth Walls,
Asst. Sec Treas . Wilson
Directors: G S. Dewey, poldsboro;
W. O. Ililbro, Greenville; S. G. Scott.
‘ Trabcth City; Raymond Max we'll,
p Bert', J K. I'orter. Aurora; C. K.
Wallace, id ore head City; C. a Flynn,
’VashlngicA; W. W. Griffin, New Bern;
(\ A Grimti. Rocky Mount; It C Me
Cotter. -A‘ash Uvular, If illuck
'vtMMl. KinstonMci,e*n, Jr,,
Mount Oily*.
HH ni» limn in nort i,
CINCINNATI. May 1- (4*) August
Mt uck. 3ti. of Newport, Ky. wo* found
shot to death in the hotel Gibson here
tislay by a house detective. Police
mid the sb<s>li;ig occurred during the
i gIH and expressed the belief the
< rime was the outcome of alleged
handbook operations of major propor
tions.
Postoffice Receipts For
April Set A New Record
"The Month of April this year was
the best April we have hj>4 In the liis
tmy of the Goldsboro: post nffb e,"
postmaster K A. KlmkinA, told Tlie
News yesterday. The postal receipts
lor th»- past month showed an Increase
b? approximately seven per cent over i
the receipts for April. 192 k, it was j
learned. The receipts for April, were I
♦5.4*2 09, while the receipts for April
Just past were 15.571.ak. an Increase
As, $392.49.
Aaaiatant Postmaster Sasser ascrlh-'
cd as the reason for the Increase the
tact that many local business bouses :
Tornado Claims 86-Year-Old Victim
. Vi. fa, , .Ak.u -, . " ' 11 -
o •
litis is one of the homes that came tumbling down at Metter,
Ga., when a tornado swept through the Stale, causing enor
mous loss of life and property. Old Mrs. Trapnell, the only
person in Metter to be claimed by death as a result of the hur
ricane. formerly resided in this house, and waa mercifully
killed, so that she would not have to face a life of poverty after
the lost of her property.
Number Killed in May Day
Riots In The Cilv of Berlin
J K
IIKRI.IN. May 1.-—<4*l Serious riot
ing broke out tonight in the working
. .'amt, quarters in North Berlin.
Three policemen were reported kilt
end and more tluio u score Injured
More Gian r»uo police late tonight were
fighting nearly 2,non roinmuliiHls arm
ed with pistols, clubs.and stones.
The rioters erected barricades In
Iti e main thoroughfare
Ttie police charged them repeatedly
\> th batons until the commanding of-
Geer realised that his force was too
weak for. these tactics and ordered his
pirn lo open fire Then armored cars
were brought up ami the police final
ly captured the barricades
Communist ambulance* and first uld
SEWER PROJECT
WELL UNDER WAY
Will Require 111 More Hays to
Complete $5(1.00(1 Ad*
di lions
Approximately 40 more days will
be required to complete the city’s $50,-
(0)0 sewage project, which wa* be-,
gun about two mouths ago,'City Man
ager Zeno llolloweli told The News
last evening. Work on" l£» laying of
two lines of storm sewage lias already
progress as far as llie corner of Mul
<>.-rry street und Audubon Avuun liT
Jidgewood, und hs far as the Atlan
tic' Coast Mne railroad crossing In
Little Washington. The Little Wash
It glun line extends through Ibe color
id cemetery, and Is expected lo do
away With a great -deal of the high
water nuisance experienced In that
section of town during pa d Moods.
Several car loads of sewer piping
will have been used in Ido* laying.of
the two lines when the jolt is cotnplet
cd. city engineer Guy K. Whitman es
timated. The completed project will
entail considerable expense aud lalair,
i til city officials consider tliut the con
strurflon of the Hewer lilies Will re
move a great menace to public health
by disposing of all surplus waste mat
ter arising from fhssl water rondi
° *,
'i< ns.
had not purchased envelopes In large
quantities during the first quarter of
'hit year, hut bad fou'qd It necessary
to do so during April. The fact Hi it
the truck season Is just swinging into
full bloom would tqake m bigger di
maud for Uncle Sam's envelopes mol
,'.ius Increase the postal receipts, It
was said
Both Mr, Slink Ins and Mr Sasser ctv
pressed themselves ns being much
phased with the allowing the local'
lost office la making in spite of the
vppat aat° .marcily of mouay,
GOLDSBORO, N. C. THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 2. 1»2»
squads were overwhelmed by the num
ber of victim* brolight from the light
tug front.
Fighting w.n also reported trom
Eastern and "southeastern parts of the
‘lty.
(By AsSfaJaterl Press)
The melody of the "Internallosale"
was lienrd in almost in ev-ry Mlgubtc
l ily of Kurope ydcriluy when Social-
Ists, Coiamunlsis ami working men's
o’guniaation* generally observed May
Day ,
In Moscow the tune dominated all
otlier sounds as the military forces
of the Soviet union converged on the
Kremlin With hands blaring, airplanes
rearing overheud and gnus booming.
STRIKERS SEEK
AN INJUNCTION
o
Want Gaslonia < initials Stop
p '' „ . ‘
ped From llrrakini* Up
Parades
( HAHLOTTK. M.iv- I *,V) i d
ft Hoyle Kink today sign- d an order.
ii superior court here requiring Sher
iff Kit Llneberger of <iawtvin comity.
Mayor W. T. Hhßkln and chief of po
',ico Aderholt of, Gastonia to appear
before Judge A- M Slack In Gaston
superlur court Monday to show cause
why they should not, be iieniianeiitly
enjoined from laterferrlnß witli pa
miles of la>ray mill striki-rs In Gas
tijdu.
Judge Slflk signed the order at the
lequest of Tom t*. Jltplson, of t'liar
lolle, attorney for the slithers. ,
llahiu.i corpus pfoeecdings brought
before Judge Sink for the release of
Walter isiw and Kvcrett > Huaelton.
strikers who were Jailed on charges of
violating (iasiotiia's anti parading or
dinance. werh withdrawn today Judge
Sink was informed the two strikers
had been rel' .i • d and Ihe cum-i
against them nol pros.ed 111 Gastonia
e.ty court.
Vote llnanimouHly for
Fair Here in Sept.
Director* of the Wuyn# Couuty
Fair Aaaocntpoa in session last
night definitely lust rutted W. C.
proceed wlili plans
for (lie U'2'.l lair Fight of the ten
mnmbars of Mm board of dire -
tors weir present for the meeting
and voiced their determination to
see that Wayne Gits year lias ft
Fair tlyil will equal any ever stag
ed here. “We cannot become dis
couraged over what happened last
year ”. raid one member of the
board. Tim date . fiir the fair litis
•wl-ar are September 21-29. a month
earliqr than iu picYloui years. „
BADLY INJURED
IN AUTO WRECK
>' _
Young Son of Hcuufort Bank
Cashier Is In Kinston
«. Hospital
John Honiaday 11, son of a Beaufort
hunk cashier, is In u Kinston hospital
at the point of death from Injuries
received 111 an automobile on highway
tt nip her Id a short distance thia side
ot IjiGrangi;
The lad was brought lo the hospital
suffering fre.n a bndlv broken Juw-
Hine, cheek aud forehead and lacera
.l ns oil llie face H
Reports to atteuilanU said a car
oveurded by tlie boy. Ills mother and;
hi* xrandmotheic, Mrs. Seili Gibbs,
■kidded on a wet pavement and crash
■ d into a tree Mi* tlornaday was
•Mghlly Injured. She was put to bed I
offering more from slinek I him lu
, je-les. Mr*. Gibbs was painfully but
},v>pai* utlv not seriously lyirt. Surg
eons performisl a difficult operation
i n Ihe boy. „ >
Mrs. Hornnilay wus driving, Ihe re
ports said ller husband Is cashier of
he Bank of Iteniifort. Mrs. Gibbs Is a
member of a prominent family at the
<east town.
COLLECTIONS
. OFF SLIGHTLY
UommiHNiiMtrr of Revenue Max
well Figures For l-usl
' 1(1 Months
9 • «
Tb« News Bureau
Sir Waller Hotel
.mURfIH. May i fewwnaa ooUW'
tlons -in North' Uaroilna for the ten
months of the present, fiscal year
imounted to $12.4tii1,9kl 3t, of $1f46,-
7*1 k 7« less than lbs $12J15,783.1« col
Irefsd during the first ten months of
the last fiscal year. 1927-28, according
n itgiurcs complied in llie office or
A J ' Maxwell, commissioner of Hev
intte, th s moinlng The total isitU
shoyrb IJiat ssofi 370.4 d will have to
be rollcdted during Ihe ensuing two
months to tiring this year's collections
tp lo the $13,978,361 74 collected
during the full 12 months of last year
Collections for April, Just, closed,
i,mounted to 14K7.9Hn.3ii. or only slßl
03 less Ilian the 14H5.163 33 collected In
April of lust year. Income taxes show
cn n decrease of more Ilian $9 000 the
;vsl April, as compared with April of
last year. Bus luxes decreased more
tI nn $300; Insurance luxes more than
$ . Oigfe franchlec tuxe* about S7OO,
while Inheritance .taxes showed an tn
r I ease of nearly $2.tMMi und lleense
nixes Increased nearly, sl2.oih) the
i»ast April, as compared with April
.<•2B. ■ .
Income taxes for April, 1929, a
mounted to s3ll 452 03, or almost twice
the amotiifl of all other taxes conih'n
<-d, the Others totuling slightly less
than $176,000.
HIHT W’IVNF. MIIIIHFK
HL4MKN VOLSTEAD LAW
FORT WAYNE. Ind . May' I "Lot
tue rest in peace; the Volstead law
dill It."
A local “drunk" serenely slept up
in „a porch wllh lhal sign ii|m>ii Ijia
chest When lie was taken in custody
liy police who arrived on a call that
i dead man hail Inen found .The
"victim" of Volstead was released In
••d/ court on a promise to slay sol»«r-
FINE I' >EW OMLKANM
. _$ .
NKW GRI.KVNB. May I. (4*l Fire
which slurlcd hi u plant or the Gen
■ .al Box corporation In i * this morn
nig. at noon Inuj cuuod dliuiuge of
approximately $250 uoq aud was till
tpnuding ,
Negro Critically Wounded
As Ancient Feud Flares
A three-yeur*old grudge flart»d>Lup
again btrr yesterday morning about
1:30 o'rloi'k, iilid as si result of tile
i Imuiux ufguifithil, lawyer Vlomiu. 30
' six old, negro, re ‘tili'ii) nt John
street, 1s In Hie lii/tiKlmio tioxpttal
with it tiulift wound In I|ln. atomacli,
critically wuumN, Mini 1 Wrest Mimes.
Clet'llleat negro, In In lll*' city jjtil
i barged wl(Ji .i ssiutl with n ilt-mlly
v.f.ipOn. 'the. altercation, •;i I*l by «rf
[ i era to liave IfPt n the filial iiltn of It
Merten of several, occurred near
llro«rn‘* filling 'tation ou north Uroca
*»*
* v »■ - rv|j4
Wayne Players to Meet
Reidsville For Honors
Os State This Evening
Twelve Are Injured
In SeHeH Tornadoes
FORT SMITH. Ark., May L—
<AP|- Twelve persons were Injur
ed. one seriously In a series of
tornadoes which struck Port Hmlth
mid vicinity today. Property dam
age estimated at $60,000 waa done
to homes and Industrial plants In
the pity. Five of Ihe Injured warn,
in .Fort Smith and Ibe other seven
at Kami Prairie, six miles south
east o(, Vanhtrrne of Urawford
county,
NEW BERN GIRL
LOST IN N. Y.
f .
I'nlirt* Of|Mtrtmrnt of Metropotbt
* A ski'd to Join in,
Swrrh *
NEW YORK, May I.—OP)-Polios to
day were asked to search for Thoda,-
lat Gory, 15, of New Hern. N. C-, who'
disappeared April 11, while visiting
her uncle Paul Ahalela in Yonkers,
N“ Y, She had been hern on a visit
wllh her mother hut had remained
after her mother On April 21
she asked a polloemajj the way to get
r subway to New Y<jrk. saying she waa
in hey, way to meet her mother.- Khw
tns not been seen since. Her mother
returned to New York today to aid In
Hit search. o
WILKES CASE IT”
UP FOR REVIEW
Former Wilktt County Officiate
* Seek to Avoid Serving
Sen lertren
The News Hares a
Mir Walter Hefei
RALEIGH, May I—Appeals from
sentences of from four to seven years.
Imposed by Judge M. V. Barnhill ami
r f*. Faw, former chairman of the
ll< ard of Education, and W. 19. Foster,
former superintendent of public reads
and secretary-treasurer of the Foster
Construction Co., will lie argued In
f e Supreme Court next week, the
week's calendar showing It as the
fust case.
These are the famous Wilkes coun
ty cases. In which the two men and
Clem Wrenn. as president of the Rank
i.t 'Wilkes, now serving a term In
Hate’s prison, are charged with de
f milling Wilkes county, the Bunk of
v/ilkes, sha -National City Rank of
New York, Ciiftla and .Btifgar, thy
County Hoard of Education, H- 8.
Dickson aud Co., and others out of
large sums of money through Issuance
of notes, largely on the Board of Edu
cation The hill of indictment cites
nine notes of $26,090 each,/one of
$30,000 and one of $50,»(0P.. charging
that Ihe men received jtheNw<mey On
them, Including $54,000 to the Foster
Conslruction Cot « >
Tills Is the most Important of the
7'* cases set for hearing from conn
lies of Ihe 271 h and IHth Judicial dis
tricts next week.
MIL JINKS WINS TWO
THOUSAND 1.1 STAGES
NEWMARKET. Eng., May 1.--UP)-
Mr. Jinks, owned by Major MeCalroonf,
by Tel.ptetna out of False l’lety. won
the two thousand guineas stake tislay
t —-4 W
Vinson, who Is said to be In a serl
oiim condition, signed a statement be
lore witnesses In which he gave the
details leading up to. and the cans* or
ilie shooting. Thu wounded negro
told In bln statement that about tbrsa
vear* ago be wan operating a cate,
ind one night Moses, with aevaral
ether negroes. w:i* In the place ca
iDinting and muklng a general dis
turbance" Closes wit* aald to hare
ot en drunk,, and Vinson was finally
forced to tmler him out. according to
ibe wounded man's slaleiusut. Slues
. . V ' ’UwHM* kiMil|
j**?
rmmr*"'" 1 ' l .
MEMBER 09
SHE ASSOCIAHO I
PRBfiQ „ |>
riuoo
i I
nmfitim
l’r«M*nt Eugene O'NaUTg “Ik*
in ('MMwtttka at Chapel
HIM '
FIFTEEN MAKE UP CUiE i h
MKMBERB OFF THIS MO**
(ioldaboro Merchant* Witfidkt*
tribute to JSxpenueafßF
Entering Play S jpHB
The Wayne Community Play«|MdMg
n* re <>r the Eastern Title h|jpg
rlmpel Hill where they
l i ix tonight against The ReM MR*
< r U- ldHYllle, winner* In thjpHß.
f<*r lix enp offered by th*
«»f North Carolina, to tie bwl w
"■unity Dramatic Production In the „
> i .iix
The local playera are entitled th rap
reeeat the eeet hr ritrtne of hartag
detested Durham and Jackson hy a
’inanlmona decision In a content eaa
durted here several Ureeka a«o. Ragta
vtlie reached the final* by eieargnur
victor* over, Oreeaehera and other ,
• Iron* weetora otahe.
This I* c.otdshoro'* eecond trip go
f'nallat to Chapel Hill la tha fra**
tic conieel, they havlag heea defeated
set year by a two to oae vote la tha
'Rial conleat. Staking their -Tmaoif
t.n Fngene ONelfe powerful dreaw ft.
the *ea "Tie" aa their play aelectian
the Wayne Playera are determhwbl
in present it In aadh a meaner that
It win iirina the cap aget The Raid
Playera wIU preehat "The Moakejfti
Paw” by w. W Jacob* la their Md
fir the title. v *
Those making the trip are ae tad
lows: o. E Worlgy, Miaa Pnla fn—all
Dray Herring. Reb. Rohtneon, Utepd
, Edwin I pooh, Plaak Mooring
end Mark Labe, eouapoelag the enbt,
and Mrs L. D- Otddeea. Hr*. Wade
I' rsftt. If lee Margaret Kernegay. Rab
bi and Mr.J L Free ad. Mias Mildred
Henderson end Mlea Bobble Maedmre
who are with 'the elnh aa direataaa
and In other capeettto*.
0. E Ulea left early Utto morale*
by truck with tha stage scenery es
pecially built by (he elnh end the pre-*
pert lex necessary far tip play. Bb»
«al merchaata who will he achaewl
ed later nave coatrihuted to the de
fraying of the espcaaee Incurred In
risking the trip.
REFORM BILLS
ARE DISCUSSED
North Carolina FadkraUaa as
Womanj ToM Ip Kaap ap
»ta Fight
CHARLOTTE, May 1 —(JIV-The
North Corolla* Pederatioa of Wonma'a
Clubs In annual convention here wee
urged to<tay to preeafdtg campalga
lor social end Indus mini reform MUa
.which fallW of passage la the last
legislature. &
Mlsa Harriett Elliott, lastructor la
political science at the N. C. C. Cal
lage for women and chairman of legik
latlve activities for the Pederatioa,
recommended In delivering her *i
i ual report that ab /active campaign
for these vofatlnued until the
I*3l assembly convenes.
Three measures especially designat
ed provide for the removal erf the
fourth grade clause from (he child
abor Isw; state maintcumce of the
reform school for negro girl* at El
land adequate malJiteuance of the
•arm colony for womee at Kinstoe.
Hhe urged also that the delegitaw
s.uilV legislation lews during the year
with a view toward their Inclusion In
the legislation program.
The flr*l full day of the convention
which opened last ulght' waa devoted
to »o< lal activities, committee report*
end an address by Mrs. John K, Kp*
pl*. of Itultlmors, president as the
General Federation.
Mrs. Hippie took the modem woe*-
en to task for “Jilst fiddling amend.*
Him found that too much lelaera time
is being devoted to bridge parting aad
too little lo the advancement of eeW
lure.
Mrs Kdmnn M. Inud. diairmga of
the ionii lound reported that tike N.
< Club women are mrpoanaghjkon-
I threw >ab«r euteeJptlM
of money than
~lucsiieo trf ybung ttMMHRyMpM