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VOLUME EIGHT; NUMBER 81
TO HEAR PETITIONS FOR GOLDSBORO -fAYETTEVILLE ROAD
Chairman Daughlon And
Two Others Will Come
To Clinton For Hearing
Other Twe Members of Commit
|«o to Com* From Outside
Thi* District
WHEATLEY RECOMMENEW
REPORT ON PROJECT
EiriMtn of Deportment Will
Investigate and Report Nerd
To Commitmion '
Argument* for continuing rout# 10*
l< connect with rout* 11, i it * rlvtug
a hunt surfaced hlghw** from G »W»-
brro to Fayetteville wtll he heard bv
• apodal committor of th* Bt»'.» bißb
ways Commlaaloo In Cuntoi in tb*
soar future
Masting tn*Ralelgh yesterday, th*
State Highway commlaalon autboria
ed Chairman R. A- Dougblon to name
two other member* of the commla
aton, outald* the aecond district. to
conatder th* proposal. along with
other route* for Bampeon.
M. A. Dunnagan, Raleglh corroa
poodent for The New*, that night Wir
ed th* 'following about yesterday's
meeting.
“Chairman R. A. DoUghton was
authorised to name tw# other mem
ber* of th* atato highway commla
alon. outaide of the aecond dlatrlct.
who. along wlth'hlm. will go probably
to Clinton In the future to hear all
part!** Interealed In the three road*
delegation* are aaking for from New
ton Grove on Route 102 and going In a
aouth or aouthweaterly direction
Delegation* hare today are seeking
a road from Newton Oror* ot Clin
ton. from Newton Crow to Vtoeeboro
or rout* 14. byway of Salemburg and
from Newton Grove to a point on
rout* *1 about tour mile* aoulh pt
Wade, all of then* will b* heard and
tba committee will recommend ac
tion to th* entire cfimmlaslon later
■'Oommta*loner Wheat ly recom
mended the Investigation and a re
port on a road from Newton Grove
to a point near Godwin, on route 22
Engineers will Inreatlgat* and report
the condition to the commlaalbn with
a view of adding It to the atafe high
way ayatam
•*The commission added a Duplln-
Sampaon road from Wallace to Har
rell'a atore 11 1-2 mile*, to the atate
.yntem today, along with approximate
ly 740 mil** all over the atate."
Question of whether the 2<i per cent
addition to th# mileage of the State
highway ayatem ahould be dlatrlbut
ad to count lea on a hast* of area ahd
population without regard to the ex
isting State mileage or whether It
' ahould be dlatrlhuted ao aa |o #qua-
Mte the State aervtc* In the respec
tive countie*, will have to be worked
out by mamber* of the State highway
commlaalon.
In anawer to the request of th
highway commlaalon for a ruling of
Section 10 of the 1020 highway act.
Attorney-Gcueral Dennis (1 llrutn
,nltt yesterday told the member* of
the commlaalon that “it 1* » problem
for conference and discussion by tin
member* (of the commission I around
the council table.”
♦two Chicago Gunmen
1 Are Shot to Death
CHICAGO. May 3" <*> Tw ”
gangsters were killed and a gamhiff
was believed held fur <2O Mutt ran
•on in three flare-up* oj t'l.bago
gangland today. Ou# of the gangster*
recently acquitted of murder wa*
found In a d**ert*d room within
shouting distance of the central l><>
lice atatlon downtown.
The other. Identified by an under
taker a* Dlf|n*iCS*t* *■» fou " a *" *
field. In Hinsdale. Chicago suburb
Spot* of fresh Wood Indicated h* had
not laid there long He had been shot
.even limes In Ihe back the powder
burn* nearly destroying hi* »hlr<.
The reported k dnap victim wax
“Kid” Austin, who wa* seen helm:
busteld by three men Into an auto
mobile on the northwest side- j
IMAI'UI KATE ATIATIOR HU K
EAST ST UJUIB, 111.. May 30. -
f/p* Nine pilot* roard away from
Packs Airport, at on# minute Inter
val* beginning at 10 30 o'clock this
morning on a nbli-stop race to In
dianapolis and ieturh. Inaugurating
the 16,000 Gardner trophy race, avia
tion'* new Msmorlal 'Day speed
THE GOLDSBORO NEWS
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READ IN THE MORNING WHILE MINDS'ARE FRESH—READ BY BUYERS BEFORE THEY BUY.
Labor Party Wins
British Election
LONDON. May 30.--(A*) —A great
triumph for the labor party ami
disaster to the conaervatlve gov
ernment of Stanley. Baldwin wa*
Indicated by the early returns
from today's general parliament
ary election*. At midnight three
members of the government hgd
lost' their seats lu the house of
common* to laborlte* and Sir
Austin Chamberlain, secretary of
atate for foreign affair*, trad re
tained hla seat by (h* markaln of
60 votes.
Sir -Austen who ha* been one
of the outstanding International
figures of the government won In
1924 by more than plurality.
Sir Austen demanded a recount of
today's poll In the hope of over
coming some of the 111 effect* of
hla narrow escape from defeat. The
ouly result wa* to drop 7 votes off -
hla total, leaving him plurality of
41 41.
it midnight with returns In from
145 constituencies, labor had Its
credit 83 victories. The conserva
tives had won 49 seats, the Liber
al*. 9, and the Independent* (our.
Thla represented a ga ti of 31 foi
labor and 77 for the liberals. The
losses were Conservatives 32; La
bor A; Liberals 4. an 1 Commun
ist 1.
REVIVAL MEET
GETS UNDERWAY
Free Will Huptiiittt Opened Two
Weeks Meeting Here Idutt
Night; Many Attend
With every Indication pointing to a
auccesaful meeting a two weeks re
vival opened laat night at the Free
Will Baptsit church at Lionel and
Simmons street* her* with Rev. K. C.
Gaaklll, of Sea Level, condusllng the
services.
(jhooKfnx as his subject; “Who Is
on the Lord's side let, him come to
Me." the pastor *poke to a congrega
tion that practically filled the audi
torium. He proved himself a speaker
of character and ability. Rev. R. E-
Tripp, of the church has charge of
the song services.
Much Interest Is being manifest In
Ihe meeting which will couliuue
through this week aud next.
U4KII WAV AM IMA YOING
MOO MLR AIMI IT SLAYIMU
MACON. Ga., May 30. An aged
landlady and a youthful roomer con
fessed today that' they murdered
James Harks. 25. a prlner, for a $7.000
double indemnity Insurance policy on
III* life.
Mr*. J, ycTr Prow#**, (55, the land
lady. confessed that she “hired” Karl
Manchester to kill Psrk* on Ihe prom
ise of SI,OOO of Ihe Insurance “when
It wa* collected."
Fiddlers Convention At
Exposition This Evening
The Old Tint# Fiddler* conrw'lofl,
which will he one of the hIK (PiUrM
hf the U«'ld*boro Automobile fi|u>w
and Industrial K* position tonight. will
ad under w‘ay about SMS o'clo.-k, It' 1
•in announced yesterday-by oft*< 'ai<-,
who are promotion Ihe convert' "n.
"There will ,lie-plenty of, the In-st t,<l
eirt In this Motion of‘t he state on hand
‘to participate In thei flddl na <■ n
lests." It was said
Lloyd Uurley, Im-al inan. who will
be In charge of the pro*ram, das
given his assurance to the puhl'
that the convention will be on.* i.f
the best event* It* Kind ever sta.'*'l
here, and Lloyd ‘ know* his flddll.i: "
Among the fiddler* of thl* aectlon
who have positively announced that
they will be "rarln.', to go" when Ihe
convention begin* ary, Lon Sullivan,
of Mount Olive, M. L- Bryan, of New
ton drove, .1. L. Cook the Thornton
Brother* and I*. A. Clifton all of Ben
eon, Walter Pasrall, of tioldaboro,
and C. R. Pittman of Selma. These
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OrganuM Vatican City
-H
Coimnendatorc Camilio Sera*
fini, formally installed aa tba
Governor of the Papal State, ia
hard at work with the organi
zation of the Vatican City
along the lines laid down in
the Lateran Pact. He “it Work
ing with the mixed commia
aion which was provided for
thia purpose.J _
NO DECISION
ON AIR MAIL
Goldsboro’i* Brief Still in Hands
of Committee in ;
Washington
The cimunlttci (<l government of
j f,rials who u><’ It. Wu-iilugtim, U. C.'
ou.Thursday. May 21. to receive briefs
and petition* and to consider th# ea
■tahllahiuenl of an air fuall route from
Richmond to Jacksonville, Fla., pass
ing through some point In fhls state,
have not a* yet readied any conclu
sion In connection with the projert
d rou|e, The New* waa advised In a
teleggpin from Congressman Charles
L. Abernethy yesterday.
A brief-and a letter, stating the de
sirable feature* of Goldsboro as a
junction point for the landing of
planes on fhls mail route, wa* pre
sented at the meeting In Washington
This Information. wo*f prepared Joint
ly by the local chamber of commerce
and local post office officials.
O'
Congressman Abernethy, In lit* tel
egram (a Th" News yesterday, stated
that he had conferred with second
assistant postmaster general Glover,
and had tieeu advised that no tonclu
slon had been reached regarding Ike
new projected air mall route south.
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Neune Odd Fellows
Name Their Officers
T. A. Forrest has been named as
presiding officer of the Neuse Lodge
of the. Odd Fellows for the routing
year and other citizen* selected are:
V. O. Smith; K. S . C. G. Smith;
F. S. K. C. Futrail; Tretsurer, H. V,
Pate
Reports of the Grand Lodge meet
ing were made and T. N. W.itci*
was awarded Ihe siunt prize.
men are considered a* being among
the outMiandlug fbiiljcrs lit the state,
and the public Is assured or a real old
time musical treat when tile fiddler*
'* begin “sawing” In the auditorium of
I III# exposition building tonight.
Judge* of the fiddling contests will
1 be selected from the audience a* has
been cuMomarv In the past conven
' lions 'll w.cs said. Tile Wayne Fair
i AsscwNatlon will give attractive cash
I- i/.c put*e*.lo the »Inners^irf^lbc
t i mtest*
A Variety program,<consl*ting of
ucrohailc stunt* out mi by local tal
it. will be the feature of Saturday
afternoon'* program of the .Auto
| mobile Show. It wa* anottunced The
at robatlc program will Include wire
walking, strong man acts, rope twirl
lug aud acrobatic tumbling
Kd Evan*, local youth, will .walk
q lot»*c w ire. *ll down and lie d iwn,
! ansi do oilier stunts White fit hi* pre-
I carious pu*ltlon Evans, who is Inc
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GOLDSBORO, N. C. FRIDAY MORNING. MAY 31. 1929
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Would Defeat Simmons
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In Democratic Primary
Unite Party In State?
Observer -Neyer n Friend us Simmous. Believes Opposition To
SimnHMts Would Only Widen Breaches of l,a*l t.ene- ■'»
ral Election in State
The. Mew* Hunan
Hf 8. K. Hamiagau
RALKIGH, May So If JosUh Wll
l am Halley, qr any other gftod Deiu
.e ecti shfiuhl succeml In wreclng i'h
tiumlnatlon for the United Styles Sen.
itc front Scn.trtor. F M. Sltumons In
a primary next year, could he »uc
ceetl In 5 reuniting lh# factious llt lu
created behind him sgalitHt a Kepuli-
IfUa. such aa Judge I. M. Meek In*, or
rt not her, In the election following:
Title la a question that Democratic
leaders lit Raleigh and those who
come In the Capital are a*klng along
now. while (tie air la charged with
the poMMlblllty that Senator Simmon*
may have oppo«lilofi and Mr. Ilatley
may be the opponent. And It la? not
Hlnimona follower* or syqipalhlxei*
»ho are asking Ihe question, and
lliere I* fear of whlH the answer
might lie-
A recognized ngrtv lender, never a
c'oae friend to Senator Htminon* and
. more especially not since the de
tacle In which he to have
ployed an liriporfhnt pari last fall,
hut a strong partv man. who Is given
to looking at posalble results of lat*r
action* of the pregent along with oth
ers who hgve no love for Senator
d'mmon*. Is asking shout the possible
result* of defeating Senator Simmons
Thev realise It would be a atupm
dnn* task, one that would call for an
vrtlve and thorough csmoalen. If It
could be done al all. They know also
that In such a campaign the Smith
ROSEWOOD TO
HAVE FINALS
* i
R*v. A. J. Hobfcft, Red Bpriaf*
- I’rearhuH Sermon on Sun
x day Evening
The Rosewood rommencement be
gin* Sunday evening at eight o'elock
with the luiccalaureate sermon,
which will lie preip bed by Rev. A,
J. Hohb*. Jr., of Red Spring*. Mon
day evening live boy* and six girls
compete for ' medal* In u declama
tion and recitation contest.' Those
eUtertlng are. girls: Inex FIJI*. Doris
Brown, Nellie Williams, Marv Alice
Sutton, Nola Waters amt Lyda Sas
ser, boy*: Woodrow Sutton, llloys
Britt, Imren Edward*. Elton’ Rose,
and O*borne Dunlels.
The Seniors are giving their ctaaa
day exercises Tuesday evening In the
form a playlet!*, entitled, '‘Se
nior* of '2S Vlatt Falryltmtl.”
Dr. H. F. Brown, of State College,
Wednesday morning at eleven a. m.
Raleigh, will deliver ihe annual lite
rary addrea*. At the same time the
ten seniors will be presented their
diplomas. Those that are graduating
fill* year are Martha Ha**, Julia Hut
lon, Susie Willoughby, Dewllt Ha*s,
Joseph Hass. Clarence Hollowed. Rfl
ttiond Howell Merl Mot'lenny. Elton
Hose anil Willie Kaxell.
Dinner will lie served on Ihe
grounds. In the afternoon the local
hoys play llrogden In a baseball
guine.
A* a fitting cltme the High School
boy* and girl*, under the direction
of Mm W. G. Johnston, are present
ing Wednesday evening at eight, an
operetta. “Hearts and Blossoms".
The public I* cordially Invited to
attend all the above exercises.
I'owder Explosion
Rocks (treat City
UHWMiEPORT, Coun. May du-
Tlic East side us this i lly wa* rocked
till* afternooii when two powder, ma
chine* of lie Ifeniliigton l' M
plant eipliuled allgbiiy Injuring one
man. The plant wa* undamaged *av>>
for the niiigaxliie*. piece* of which
showered Ihe plant yard. Window* In
nearby hou*e* uu<J store* were brok
en. The maguxiiie* were' Itxated bv
Ihe Hide of Pembroke |j>ke some dl«-
fume from the factory building* and
hanked with earth mound*.' The two
explosion* which followed cfo-e tu
gi-llici were *uh| by fire chief Hums
to have licr ti caused hy the Intense
heal. Company officials begun an In
vestigation.
fight of last full would lie continued
iind, Just a* then, hitter feeling*
would be 4i/g«ud«rrd aud harsh epl
-I‘iet* hurled. Such a cumpaign. they
my. would ouly nerve In widen the
braacli between the DemocraLi who
'V*ut the cnilie length and Ihnse who
scratched the DetiitH-ratic candidate
Jp.r presldPitt, Inst fall.
Could any Democrat, after sunh a
I campaign, bring back tin- force* and
solidify them hwlilnd him to such an
ixtent that lie could defeat any re
publican who might he nominaled
iigalnm him. or would- a large part
Ut the opposition veer off from Ihe
parly and *up|nirt Ihe republican ean
tPdnie. giving him sufficient vote* to
" lect a repuhlclan senator from North
Carpllna something that ha* not hap
pared since Senator Hlnimona (lafqut
ed Marlon Ilntler In Pun and Htna
tor ■ Loo 8. Ovarthan dcfeHtod Jeter CL
Pritchard In 1901, both alerted by
the Slate Senate?
It I* enough to give any man pause
when he consider* that even If he
should he nominated, defeating Sena
t( r R'mmnn*. he f* not yet elected and
will have so face atroftg nnoosltlon
th* afrongeet the republicans can
muattT— In a general election. If he
rhould lose In the election, he would,
theeehr. he turning the Plate over to
(he republican" Not onlv would hie
personal ambition be mined, hut he
would have to b#*r Jhe brunt. Jus
tified or nnf. of having had an Import
fContlnyi on paae 4>
NEGRO ISBADLY
curwmfKNiw:
Little Hope far Paul ('rwm
After Henry Thowpaon
Wields Hlh Slauher
City and county officers war# ala
late hour laat night acourl.ig Ihe
northern vicinity of Goldsboro In thali
effort to appreheud Henry Thomp
*on. negro, who through allege! Jent
oualy earlier In th* night
Htabb-d Paul"'Croom, also co're 1.
with a long hladed knife when he dis
covered hint “datad” wlih his sweet
heart, I.ula. In the home at 1128
Green Imf at rest.
•
Croom Mtislalned a deep gash on th#
left *hle of the neck and the Jugular
vein wa* de*crlhed aa partly aevefed.
Little hope for lh# recsiyary of the
negro wa* entertained.
Weakened from (he loea of liilood.
Groom testified to officers that
Thompson Jumped upon him without
warning, slabbed him In the neck
with a long hladed knife and hur
riedly retreated from the house.
Physicians who wer* summoned to
tne stabbed negro following the as
sault. said that a large blood clot had
formed Jh# akin which saved
him from Immediate death a* blood
ceased to flow after approximately
a quart had been lost.
At a late hour last night Thomp
son wa* still at large, according to
(Continued on page 4)
Superior Court Turns To
Charge Against Winfrey
Having dlapoaed of 13 chargea In
volving three defendanta ye*terday,
Wayne County Superior Court, Judge
fj. K Mldyette preaiding, will thla
morning, begin bearing of the charge
of larceny agalnat J. K Winfrey.
Winfrey la alleged to have been the
principal In a aertea of exprnaa r.ob
borlea from the office of Ihe Koiith
•ataern Expreaa Company here The
coOrt thla morning will aitempt to
ahow that ua one In the employ of
ihe Winfrey turned eipie.a
package* over to Percy Aahworth,
negro, to he dlapoaed of,
The xhootlng near Eureka aeveral
montha ago, growing out of hoga
running at large, will coat Herbert
Mlnahew, white man, 10 to 12 jreara
In atate prlaon. Thla aentance waa
pnaaed by Judge Mldyette after Min
ahew It ail entered a plea of guilty.
W i: < ook on luat January bid
Indicted Hie mother of Mlnahew for
allowing her hoga to run a large und
dtatroy hia twwet potato patch, (io
y
Abandoned Heireac
t i
Wr* j||J
Hsul-TsL -Lf
Found living with a colored
faintly io Philadelphia, Pa,
Vivian Fox. above, aged J,
granddaughter of J. S Fox, Sr,
wealthy candy manufacturer
of Auguata, Georgia, is having
lots of fun at the police sta
tion where she is being cared
for awaiting the arrivftl of her
grandmother who will takelutr
hack home.
sleepwaijuumT
IS HIS DEFENSE
HoUier Who Dwurtsj From
, Guard in Buckingham Palace
Karen Court Trial
LONDON. May no. UP). A plea
that he was sleep walking was made
hy George Hlvcwrlght, algnaller for
Ihe Scots guards at his court martial
today for d#*crllng his post In'front
of the Buckingham Palace on April
in
Whatever the opinion of Ihe mar
tial on this pleu. tlae rinding was with
held and the" sentence will he pro- .
inulgatcd In due course-
Hlvewrlghl gave * great shock to
Hriti*h army tradition* by
ent desertbqi and It wa* *ever*l
eeks later that he turned up at his
home hundred* us miles away, foat
*ore to greet hi* mother
before giving hlniNelf up to tils moth
er.
He fold Ihe court martial (hot hi <
did not Ini end to desert, that he-»uf- <
sered from sleep walking ami d-d not
know what he wa* doing. t
. I
UtMbKtN rMMII)
NEW YORK, May To fAh All the i
leading security arid (commodity mar- I
ket* were t*lo*ed today In ol»*erv«nce i
of Memorial Day. The New York Cos- I
fee and Sugar Exchange will not ra- 1
open unill Monday.
!lng to the Cook home about 10 o'clnca
t night, Miashew called him fro u
the house and .fired at him with a
Hbolguu at done range. Cook saw Mln
*lit w raise hi* gun and attempted to
I slain the door shut, hut not In time
j to avoid tuklng the gun load In III*
arm.
Surgeon* removed the shattered
part* of the arm and attempted to
; graft the part* together. The flesh
fa lml to knit however, and after a
month It wa* nece*«*rwtu amputate
i In passing sentence yesterday, Judge
Mhtyett* ordered It written Into the
rer-ord (lint Minslrew might be con-
Nidered a dgngeroUs person.'' both to
himself and to tho-e about him, mak
ing It a matter of record that the
father of Mlnstiew had at .uua tlme
been an lumate of i«tii|< '* prison.
Cgjvln Ayrm k "uliinlttod (o five
different' count* of violating 'the pro
h I hit ion la * lit* Wa i lo
Hcrvi' 12 month* mi the road* 'and
(Continued on page 4)
MEMBER OF
THE ASSOCIATED
PRESS
PRICK FIVE CUm
DEATH MARKS
SPEED JOASSIC
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On* Killed M Indianapolis; Kaf
Kerch Captures MO MU*
Event ' -
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., May M—(PI
- lieat h and destruction war* atrown
In the wreckage ot that acortchlag
lurch called the hOOTnlle automobile
awsspatabea at the IndUaapOlts
motor speedway today.
With a record smashing crowd at
lto.ooo Tie wing the spectacle, A*
Kerch, daring M year old driver at
Philadelphia, bounced hie tiny 4-eyUe
der racing creation orer the ftateh
"take e winner la t:47:tt:4l. Uail
Meyer of Lot Angelee winner at the
ISt* race, finished eeeond. nearly its
mtnutee behind Keech. with Jlaay
(ileaaon. a noted Philadelphia dHv
er pulling np la third. v Twelre of thd
U starter* who wheeled that* ears
out for the start snrrtred the tMt
ot speed. Keech averaged PLUS adlea
an hour a performance that Mi sat
eren threaten speed records tar the
raoa.
The yaee resulted la the death of
William Speaea. S 4 year aid driver at
!/<>» Angeles nhd the mlrnnuleaa ea
enpe of fir* other drivers. apace*
bounding over the 11 mile hrlak
course at terrific speed was biped
when on bin 40 mile. His' ear lotted
over when he was nheatlaf oat sf h
torn and going Into the hash etretch.
The car had ntm-h a r#talnh,g Wall
on n ahtd. ll.raw Spaaoe Into the air
In the mill's at the tra.it, i*vg*P
completely on r. righted Itself tail
then came to 4 stop far -dvwa the
track- 1 \ r ,
Kpence was thrown clear hoi agp
telned a fraetered shall that resaKad
in him joining the Hat at thaaa wha
have sacriflaod their lives la the top
tercet of spaed, bpease. ennausstoec
and bleeding ttam the mm*. «P*
picked ap nhd npOhad la ft* h—IIM
inside the tooWetar raatogi pIW4
bat be died oa the way.
m^e^ne
WASHINGTON, Mm, m m >«■
Hoover will leave Tlihlajlnn iw|ht
for ( ambrldg*. Mann., to attwMl tbe
semt-eesttaataJ nanlvemary at «bf
eesbllebmaat at Hadellffo callage.
The ceremonies at Hadellffo wtU
iahe place tomorrow. Mrs. Heave*
plum to speed Batarday aad tea lay
In Benton, devoting nnanldarehU
attention to gtrl aaont ectlvttle* tbare.
On Monday nbe will gal to Bwnrih
mora college, near Philadelphia ta re
ceive aa honorary degree
SNAKE THEORIES
ARE DISCUSSED
Scout Eiantln Rivera Bag*
Thera ig N# llrfi Aai—l
aa Poplar Lanf
W. W. Rivers, loot I spool siccative
or Tuacorors Connell, exploded eev
•rnl "oaks theories here yesterday
when he declared that there waa a*
such a thing aa a Papier Leaf snake,
> WhHtOsk Snake er n at lag auks
in'Wflb Carolina. To hack his as
sertions, tbs local man has offered
isn dollars in the person who brings
him on* of these snakes aad thea ab
soluisly proven one of the above
names Islhe correct see tor that per
llculnr serpen/
Rivers, who Is a grant lover of na
ture and wild aahaal Ufa, captared n
large Tree adder near the Indian
Springs school Wednesday aad car
ried It Into Mount Oliva. Ha wan play
fully fondling the reptile la frost of
a Mount Olive garage when a large
crowd gathered around. The people
vre imaged that the
should handle the snake, which wan
more than sight fast long, la each nil
unconcerned fashion-
Air tbe spsetators wars said to hot*
b**n of the opinion that the sack*
was certainly deadly poisonous. PtV*
different names were given Jhe ser
pent In so, tinny minutes. Poplar Leaf.
W hite Oak. Rattle Snake pilot, chick
en snake aad sting snake Were the
names advanced. Mr- River* deciar
et) that his “pet" was of the addet
*pec tea, the tree adder, aad wan ab
solutely not of the poison ktpd- To
prove that thn snake wee not. vassal
"us. the scout sxecatlve placed hkn
finger In the adder's month sad lot It
"chew " awhile. The only potsoaoa* ad
der anake Is the puff adder, of Af
rica.'' Rivera told the News.
Mr. Rivers later la thn day carried '
the snake he had captured with pin
liars hands bark into the woods near
the piece he found him, and taraaf)
him loots.