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VOLUME EIGHT; NUMBER 57
19 CHILDREN DIE IN TORNADO
New School Regulations
Expected to Cut Wayne
Tax Rate About 10 Cts.
All I'robkntM AffccliflK Schools
■* to Re Gone Into at Meet
ing Hare Saturday
MUST CUT 20 FROM NUMBER I
RURAL WHITE TEACHERS
County Superintendent Jerome
Invites Taxpayer* Gener
ally to Attend Meeting
1 0 ■ 1
The county wide conference of
a.hool officials called by the county
tyuperlntijideiit for Saturday May 4 at
lh o'clock will meet In the courtroom
for the purpose of dlscusklng way* and
means of economical school, operation.
It Is understood that there will be
r tax reduction approximately 10 centa
* n (100 from the equalising fund a*
dl. trlbluted by the State Hoard, of
Equalization. Wayne's apportionment
baa been set at approximately $89,000
This sum. however, will not represent
nn actual increase of SO9 000 for achool
*unda for Wayne. because lam year
liie county kept for achool purpoaea
about stt;.oflf) of flues, poll and dog
taxes. Under the new taw. revenues
from these source* are turned Into
the state equalization fund Wayne
"received sl.l,non from (he equalizing
funds Jast year in Unit
the county will in reality receive only
$.10,000 more for school purposes from
the equalization fund for six months*
at hoots of 1929-10 over the stum re
ceived for. 1929-29
There la an additional aum of ap
proximately flH.ooo which the county
wtll receive for Use extended terns,
this to reduce the taxes levied hereto
foie for the extendod term.
All facta and figures concerning (he
rout of operating the school* stir tlila
year and the aniounla act up for op
< ration for next year will be avail
able when Use officials meet In confer
ence here ftaturday. A budget haa
been aet up for cat Is at Vtiwil of the
county under the provision* of tlik
Hancock law anil officials pt the meet
.ng Katurday will’bo allowed to puns
on whether or nut they tan operate
under the budget.
In the white rural acliotiln of the
county It now appear* that the num
ber of teachers will be reduced by
2° Thla year 140 were employed and
tstirter the provision nos ihe Hancock
bill the eounly vyHI he able to employ
only 120 while teachers for next year.
M will be necessary Its reduce the
•lumber of rural negro teachers by 14
comparing the number employed ibis
vear with the number allowed for next
vtnr.
U«ounty Superintendent Jerome •Is
very tlealroua of Itav'ng not onlv the
s>< hool officials present for the confer
cnee Saturday but also nnv Interested
citizen* of tj»e city or conntv.
89 ARRESTS IN
CITY IN APRIL
Seventy-Seven Defendant.* Fat
ed Mayor Hill in City
Court in Month
' O’ 1 ... .
Approximately 89 arrests were tuude
I y membera of the local poth depart
ment during the month of April, <‘hief
es Police %. J Tew revealed here ye*-
tertlay. Os thla number. 77 of the d*-
lciidaii(a were tried tn pottre court
before Mayor Jack Mill, wh le the re
.:ialtilng 12 were bound uvei to u hign
* r court
While the majority <\>f the complain:*
lodged against defendants placed un
der arrest by local police during lb
past mouth have been of a compara
'lvely minor nature, several of those
arrested were charged with more serl
ttis violations such as assault with a
deadly weapon, house-break tig and
larceny, transporting and receiving
end having whtske) for *»}«•
Charge* of speeding and'Ttfher vlo
latlobs of auto and trcffli law*, and
of drunkenness nod being disorderly
were believed bv membera of the local
police force to be the must frequently
occurring complaint* Inscribed on the
••face" of arrest warrants. Case* of
larceny would perhaps ‘come third In
U*f Uw-up. UWM ffthi.
THE GOLDSBORO* NEWS
RKAD IN THE MORNING WIIII.K MINDS AltK FRESII—READ BY BUYERS .BEFORE THEY BUY.
Sampson Mama Hog
Sure’s Been Bus^
J. B. Lockamy, who live* on route
one from Newton says that
' Marshal Wurren. of hi* community,
bp* a sow that Is the mol her Ot I
5« pig*. divided Into four different II
age*. On August 1. 1927, this par
ticular sow gave birth to 10 pigs.
On March 20. 1928, she gave birth
to J7 pigs Again on October 10,
1928. she gave Birth to 12 mofe phis
and then on April 25, this year,
ahe became the mother of 17 more
baby hogs, making a grand total of
fifty-six. *
BUILDING SLOW „
DURING APRIL
I'ermit* for Construction in City
Totaled $23.1 (Ml For
Month
Building permit* for Goldsboro dur
.fife the month of AprlLJololnl $21,100
According to figure* ured hy The
New* yesterday.
Seven permit* were Issued from tic
office of Ouy K. Whitman, city en
gineer. iftiriiig tlife month. The berg
rat amount Involved In any single per
mit was $12.50n, lasted for the coil
Structlon of the building *mi Ea*s Wal
nut Hlrcet to he occupied by the Jacobi
Hardware company.
Other permit* l**iiod laimcil In
amount* from shou to $i r.no The ma-
Jcrlty of these permit* were Issued
tor the const ruction of dwelling
Is .uses. It was. learned
41 RAF XF.fM’BI.IN OFF 0> I HIl*F
VIENNA. May 2 </!’* The Oral
Zeppelin flew over at ft: IB a
four hour* pud five minute* after,
raving Fried rlctmh.i fen, Germany, on
a short Austrian cruise .
HOW TO 4’ ITCH U hl
Itll lIMUM). Vs May 2 149 AVtld
gt esc sometime* fly low and last In
the Old Dominion. A motorist report
'd that one llew through hi* wind
“hield and away.
URGE TYPHOID
VACCINATIONS
Nejtro Girl Die* Wilh Strange
Disease at Hume on East
Elm Street
Typhoid..fever I* listed as the cause
late Wednesday of the death ol lieulaii
Jdinsqii. 13y ai old ut)gi,.--. (laugh
•if' (XsOJrlla Johnson of Hast Kim St.
but her Illness had some symptom* of
mysterious disease which eurllej
this week killed two people in llotk>
Mount. A hlobd test tor typhoid fever
sended negatived)' when performed
In the office of the stule laboratory.
Raleigh.
The child wa* taken 111 with a vio
ls ni headache, several dayw ago. -Sal
"ffidayN *he was gripped with nausea
and vomiting, and pain In the stomach.
Her temperature ran high, reaching
1' 4. Wednesday she was regarded a#
much heller, her temperature having
dropped to 102 The, county health
i .fleer, l»r. U W. Corbett, lias hardly
reached bis office after visiting her
when a hurrt calf was recelvs-d Tin
child had suffered aTiemorrhiige of
the bowels aud died almostimmediate
,y - • .
This I* the first death from typhoid'
In the city this season and Dr, for
'beti pointed out Hie case as showing
the necessity for all persons who h*t>''
jibt been recently vaccinated ag.i nst
typhoid fever to do »o
‘*Tlie overflow of a number of »l.«-
sewer "line* during the Hood* ma)
have created condltious that will p.o
duce more thaai the usual amoqnt of
typhoid Id the city this year," sail
l)r. Corbett "and everyoue should
sits* bis y»sviiuUva." m— ~
Mind Hatred Caused Murder Impulse
jm IN
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HrrakniK ilnwii under the £rilliusf hy the tiulicc, J.arl 1 cacojt,
lower left, tr.J.rl all of his brutal murder anti subsequent attempt
to incinerate the txaly of bis brule of a year, Dorothy Pear ok,
upper left. How lie killed her >vßh a-lwK>k the apart
ment in Mount Vernon, N. Y., where they formerly lived.
How he brought the body to the lonely spot near Scarsdale
and tried to' burn it. How he attempted to establish an alibi
through the ani o 4 hi* sweetheart, ritfht, by
carrying; her back into the house from which he had carried
the dead, body of his wife. Miss Newman is being held as a
material witness. 3 lie case will go to the Grand Jury next
si«slt. .. ..
Koyull.aiul Hordcti Co.
Merged in Mcbanr-Koyall (io.
tioldstMirii assume* an imp.iriant s•*>
•dliun with rcturcnci In Hie lutldmc
manufuctUring busliu-** ill I meig
cr announced yesterday of th. ttoy.dl
i.ud Borden Moiiuluiturlng loiopuhv
ol (ioldAhoro. Hi*- Meluiiu Uedding
lompnliy 111 Mehrtlle. and the Colton
Hell Miinulai i wring « <>iii|>:.u. ol lines'
Mount and Ith hmnnd The n»iiii: trf
Ihc merged firm I ihr M* hmo Uoyn’ll
company
The new company has a paid In
.>i<H.k of $380,0h0 and doe,. liu-lnct.
in excess of a million itollurs .i year
The Mehalir Itoyall company t?i the
•aigesl' munnl.ii i ur-r of buddtßg <K(tttp
n.eni in North .Carolina. Houih C.iru
,ina and-’Virginia and one of the larg
est ill the South
Enlargement of the Goldsboro plant
of the company is-a likely posellblUty
SEN. ROYALL WEILS HONOR
TOMAKETVUK STOKE'IORCK
Delivers Literary Address jsl|
Cummeneement of Newton
Grove School
»-e ,
The closing exercise . .if the 7\ew>oti
Grove high school will te gin -bunikty i
afternoon. May 5. when Rev Frank!
. ulbgrt. of Kulson. will, 'preach the j
'u.rcalaujcate sermon.
•The (la t|a' Mrltl-.e * ill le held |
o*l Thiirolav evening.. Ma ft. at 8 o‘-|
clock Three program* wdl he rmi i
lined on Friday. Ma* 10. th# flngl
av of the *chm*l KcnweDvd, 110 all.
Hi fioldshoro will deliver I lie literary
iddre-* nl II a nr . on (hulduq.
There will *»’ a declamation p ell a i
11 ii contest a.’d h ha i hall gsnm- it ■■
;he aflernoiui. IS.” high school play,l
Kyes of Hove." will i. prc-eiitel Krl I
day evening, heglnulln a! 1 , t .'•• !. 1
Tile public is llivlled to all I In- ever
. !*«f.
RFtI'I'KGVKS Kil l
WASHINGTON,
.vpate untangled a constitutional eaart
teday by reapprovlng a bill It had al
eady pa *ed and' -. *pi to (lie h< us
Inc mvosure would pnv e\pei. . a of (
'(tiding th« marine baud to charlotte.i
N ueitt month to intend \he con i
i«der»i« Vft4»rty»t j**
GOLDSBORO, N. C FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 3, 1929
under the mergyr I'lan* lor the en
largemept of die plant ai M. luine arc
j ready under way,
I'ersoliullt leinvolved ill this colli
b’ns bring to the forefrotl socli protn
• «*
tnent figures a* lieorge c Itojall. Hr.,
of Gold horn. w in. will he ( hulrmat)
i.l the Itonrd nl the merged comp.iniim;
VV VV. Coiliett. iif Metiane, who will
!>< presidepiy A N Hi*ill. nl Meliuno,
as sperotary. It F Waiiey. t Metmiie,
a- Ireah'ircr and G C Niiv.dl Jr,
(iohlslMirO, a- Vice prosill 'IC.
Mr Rnyrlll. 8r cnjoi's ot>n nil
imminence in tb" biddliwj Unln -ry,
h. IngTiaal plesidelil of the Ip i t Red
d*ng Alliance of Atnelha, a liade ol
ganizutloii ot mil ion hid scope He
further lii.noi' J and u i oil wilh
•! ‘ -1.110 r i U if U! IOC I!o 1 ■-• ill V. ol hi
(Continued on page 2)
liunquct at Hotel (iolilsboro on
1 Occasion l>lfh Anniversary
of Store
' .rP
41 Weil and llrolhei -• en'p|;l.'iiio d
i their entpioyi a fatii > our • <i n
.IT Ul lln If l.| | riifr.l I.l*l I '.s
| nlng upon the oi cuhloii id tho fiyn‘B
' C4ih unnivei -,.ir> In (..oidslniro
-
Tnblcs hud been urrungetl to repre
. ‘ml Uir Icliet \\ and pi .
i. ucKparetl fru: -ixt y-four p-oph- uuti
Mr Jack W.-iH us New Vor» ('ll > a*
toastmaster the evening passed with
much pleasantry iui«J futi" all around
j Mr I,* slie Well welcoli ' d ilia guest*
|.and expre . ;e.| to them th<* firm's up
| prci lation for the Joval : • t*ii .- cop
(Contliiimk] oil p.tKB 7)
|- -. '\. * ...
HIM IA f III.MI Do*> \
j tt V.-IIIM/I ON. Mu> 2 i >V, Dnr
. >, tin alia. , 'lul e upon eoaloi
| Jones, republican, Washington, Sciia
tor Heflin d<inotia'. Ala'ffato a. wa-
I warned hy Vice I’resldeiit Curttu that
■
I (Male Tule > proiilbtled one member
I from referring to a- (olleag ie tn “im*
luDiompllmeiuary manner," and the
Alabaman was cut short lit a iUUt
jatflU itbyui _ m-mrn
Over 200 School Children
*
ln Building Blown Down
Wayne Players I*ose
by 2 to I Decision
My a two to one ilcclsioti the
MHylic players of liuhislsuo lo*t to
ttie Held pluyei* of Itcldsylilu tn
the. uuniiul dramatic t output In
Chapel Hill last evening. The local
group presented Kugeite O'NoU's
"lie", and the winning Held player*
off died 'V W Jacobs' “The Mon
key's Uaw." Two inehtlmra of ihc
faculty of the I'piyjerslty ttf North
Carolina aud the Kpiscupnt lan rec
tor of Chapel Hill acted a* judge*
la t night
AIRS. OVERMAN
DIES AT HOME
Funeral f«r Fine Vfonrnn Will
Be ( undueled From Home
Suturda>«&l»rninK
Mr*; fora Overman. 81, died al her
home of* Ihc corner of Wultiul unjj
M 'III.mi streets al 7 :b> hist evening of
double pneumonia. Mr*. Oveunan was
taken 111 several days agh and hint
Iren In a critical condiUnu for forty
eight hours proceeding her d'uth.
Funeral services will he corn!ucttsl
from the residence at |$ 10 Hut unlay
mdinlng and will in- in charge of lt<‘v
v II Jlrnwn. pauliit of Hie Goldstiuro
Mi thoi|l*t circull. assl*te<l by ftev. W
V Medan, pastor of Hi I'aul Metho
djst cblircti Itnrlal will Imi tnadii In
Willow Hale cemi lory
The deceased was the widow of the
lute F r Overman and was a woman
if sterling t'brlatlan charuder." well
'» hived hy nil win) knew Im i " t
Hhe is survived 7»v Uirec daughters
■id by threw sons The daughters are
\|rs. Tholoa Woiml. Mr*. Ilex Cieik
0 - .
.net Mi - Annie OveriVian The •iim
tie I.esHe, I’>viil mid Fred Ovormaii
Chuile Honks of Warsaw and W (1
Monk* of Greensboro are brother* of
the deceased Mr* Haiti Eason of this
city Is a Mister.
Mrs Overman was a native of l.hil
Cab to 11 . tn a .in. nl I’orffy township
V a girl lie Income a member of
ll.e MeMiisb i church at Halcm and
i out lulled lo hold her inctlihnrHhlp
iherj- during, all ot tier life »
BUY 2.1MK1 KEET
OF EIRE HOSE
Loral Fire l)e|tarlmenl Kquipn
Ilsclf Fur Mure Kflkient
I'ruteiliun us C ity
*v " "
Two thousand fact of new fire hose
U Itiii luteal addition lb the I 'lulpuiclll
'• I : . • I . /hi i.MI ■! 11l e tit p i llltn! . 1 III' I
Jejirge W. Mohry told Ihs New# last
evening. DpM nil racks #r« bcln# In
stalled ift tie- rear of the John stracl
.‘.alion and the new 6oso will lie stor
ed |n these rack* lo bu used ws tbe
a. in.iuds. It was lewriMd. Tie
addftinn.il supply nr horn was pnrc.iM-'
od lii order to lirlnx 'hu lih at tire
slujhai up lo ths standard demanded
of up-to-date departdients. and will
le need from linin'U} replace old-Mini
w " ! “ ' Tf 1 ~
The old Ano rb.ih-faiFrance clutiil
c;,| truck h.« > been recently, nvci haul
ed, • hinf Mabry atiununced, and I*
mw In r first i lass condition de-plie
it's age. This truck is equipped with
two "foam extinguishers" for use in
fire, where gasoline Is (mining! iln
foam sprayed nn a gasoline lint, ail
a to .smother tile flamos, tl
was learned.
The - local file depArlun lit s oiile .t
p‘eci of equipinent tli matter of at
i* llte old "Mary Alice," stouni engtnu
pumper, which used to priMiuce ihrllln
and chili* |>y it's mighty Clang anil
« amor whan it want out on a "job"
year* ago The "Mary Alice" lias been
• isplaced bv the faster and m ire ef
ilcieiit IrtKk-. Inti it still stands in ilte
O-ar of the fire station, with rustfug
.wbtetiU, a ivlic ot years (sou« by.
7 Other Children Are Seriously Injured and Noi
Imported to Live- Removed to
Clinchport, Va., Hospitals
WRECKAGE OF 2-STORY FRAME BUILDING
SCATTERED OVER AREA OF 400 YARDS
Upwards of Half A Hundred People Killed By,
Tornadoes That Hit In Six States l
of South <
u r • v S.A
—> I v
HYK COVK, Va. May 2.-* (Al*) —Sweeping suddenly Into tile
Nolichuckey Valley, a tornado today leveled the Rye Cove con
solidated school, killed 19 children, injured 7 so critically that
physicians did not expect them to recover and caused more or
lean serious injuries to 90 or a hundred more. »
The tornado stFufk a)>out a half mile down the valley from the
school, overturned several and took the roof from
several houses lx 1 fore ripping the story frame school house asund
er. strewing the wreckage over n distance of several hundred
yards. Some of the children were blown a hundred feet from tha"
building while others were buried in the wreckage.
SIIRINERS ELAN
FOR CEREMONIAL
Goldsboro Hub Will Hr Well
Hi'ltrcsfnlrd al Elixalwth
City Mrrtinu
[• —V—. I ‘
I’litna for the spring cevnmottlal of
the Modtni Tntnpb< fit the Ainwent
Atabic ftrder Ntdtles of th« Myatht
Sitrlite. which will le* held In Kllx«heth
("tty. May 22 and 23. are rapidly tak
ing form An elaborate entertainment
program hit* burn ayunged for the
Is nef Li or 5.000 or nmn* Hbrlnara and
It,sir wlYes wlio are expelled lo vlstt
.be capllnl of the, AI Acinar to for the
ct rrmonlal Many of tho Goldsboro
Nobles and I lint r ladies will attend the
exerclsa*.
A Imltqint will !»• given to the IF
lustricHis I'otentutnF John It Urlgg*. of
FHzals'lh City, and his divan In the
( brlst church parlslt house on' tbn
night of the 22nd with past potentate*,
trtid distinguished guest* In ttllttndancn.
lit#, hanqtint will be fnllowed hy Jhn
I’lrtenlate's ball, in Id In the Imllrtsim
of the Virginia Hare Hol'd.
On llte following day a trip will bit
made down llte Pasquotank rlvor
i.ooard llte If K H. Pamlico and the
V 'llors will be aide lo catch a glimpse
ot Kill 10-vil llill where the Wright
immortal wtll rise to mark the birth
plgtW ol aviation, Afterwwte
atitomobllua have been provldnd to
sj.ow llte visitors local point* of Intar
est, Inclodlng the K.lizabsth City fouo-
Iry Flub where they wilt have a Fltanc*
to Iry their skill oil bit# of the bast
gtdf tlnlrti In Hie east
Uurttdieon ytR be served In otto 6f
llte large watetvotlsns of the City and
following It a street dunce will be
Held, several Ido. ks of Main street ,be
lug riqied off %nd decoratml for the
purpose Music for the dance will be
furnished by Whllelwha orchestra
W'hich has made u name for Itaelf at
previous fcercmnplala.
• H * - -
BIPLANE LOST
IN LAKE STORM
Plane Furred |o Descend Into
7 Hlurm Swept lalil Mtch
iuan and Peritshcn
I Mil AN IIAKHO’K. bid. May 2
i.P) \ small biplane forced down in
fjtke Michigan off here' today during
a stnr no.tpslzed, according to a >e
porl to lo* ul police The plane I* Im-
I 'visl lo liave ( irricd-.oite p«***-iigor
1,, ,idi* the pilot. ■«>
The plane lauded about a mile off
shore from the Youngstown Wheel and
Tuke Company plaMt and dlsapitear
id beneath the waves while employees
i f (he company attempted to launch
a fescue bout.
Heavy tea* were running and the
boat was Irraten a imif dozen times
( oa*t. guardsmen ph*n to go lo the
scene as soon as choppy waters sub-
MEMBEROf
THE ASSOCUfIU
PRESS
prici pits cam
Twelve dead had been Identified ear
ly tonight and seven other bodies wqr#
held. Ambulances, summoned from
Itistnn and Kingsport, assisted private
automobiles end trucks In Inking the
seriously Injured to Gllnchport, li
in'lee away whera a Southern railway
'.tain was con varied Into a hospital to
rake the injured tn Bristol for trail
tuent. • v
The tornado "truck the school build
ing about i o'clock control tin*, Jnnt
after the children hod entered them
lie mill day recess.
Newspapermen who rushed lo tho
M’ttno from Kingsport, Tong . Id mile#
away, found a scene of groat coofn
*ion iiodic* of the dead had bnan
removed from the wreckage to
I mines and the Injured wore being
carried lo Clkhport. Mid
ft'ends were running to sad fro to
t nd their loved oode.
Heveral of the eight teachers at tfcd
to hool, not seriously Injured, wore et
tempting lo assist with the rmcne.
“We bad just started classes after
the noon rbceaa, when I saw the storm
coming up the valley," Mias Elisabeth
Itlcbmood, one of the teachers said.
The cloud alarmed me hat I said
iioililtMr to the pnplla, not wishing to
i none tlietn uneasiness.
"The wind velocity Increased ragtd-
Iv to a very high dagree with a land
bowling nrftee I was. oa the second
floor. I suppose it wan only a few
teennds after f really Jweame alarmed
I efore the bulUftag collapsed with
u loud crash "
Floyd Noblia. principal of tbe school,
told a similar story.
“I saw the storm coming up the val
1< y and rap Into the building." be aaM.
TJ.e achool house collapsed Just after
I entered and I knew nothing more
until after I had been pulled from the
wreckage.”
The achool was a seven room budd
ing situated on a high point In the
rolling hills between the two moua
talna. Its enrollment la >6O students
and the teachers estimated that shout
90 percent, were In school when the
tor nudo swept up the volley.
Thu tornado literally lifted tho
building from IU foundation, leaving
the floors. Upper storlee disintegrat
ed as the wind tor* It asunder, pieces
of ,tbe wreckage being blown In sums
Instances more Ihsa 400 yards awujf
(Utn empty house near the school wa*
demolished and practically evarf
iiulTdlog In Ihc the srtrwrt
aas damaged
ATLANTA. Ha., May r-***>— tfp-
WardS of a half a hundred person*
• urn reported to have been killed
and more than a score Injured In a pa
ries of tornadoes which tasked por
tion* of six southern state* last eight
and today • i'
Damage to crops slid property was
l ell'rved to have been heavy.
Available reports Indicated that th*
qreatest disaater had been wrought
M-ftye Cove. Virginia, where M or
rvore persons perished la the deetruc
tlon of tbe school house.
The . railroad agent at tTlachpnrt,
v*„ five miles -from Rye Cove, ai
vised telegraph operators that 1$ MF