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MtUj fair Kuatfay aad M»ada;.
Mlghlly cooler to North aad mini
pert tea Heads;.
VOLUME EIGHT; NUMBER 83
YOUNG LADY DROWNS IN NEUSE NEAR SEVEN SPRINGS
Miss Ruth Sutton, 18,
Was Enjoying Swimming
When She Disappeared
Believed to Have Stepped Sud
denly Into Deep Water
Froai Ledge
BODY 13 RECOVERED
SBVERAL HOURS LATER
' <t
Funeral Service Will Be Held
Held from Home near Sevdh
Springe This Afternoon
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Mia* Ruth ttoftlon. 18 year old
daughter of Mr*. Heba Sutton of the
Rockford auction of Lenoir County,
want with a numbers of her young
friend* to enjoy the cool and pla
cid water* of the Nrfuse river near
Seven Spring* yeaterday afternoon
Thla morning ah# ia being mourned
by a widow mother and several
brother* and alatera, for »hr met
death when aha went beyond her
depth and aank out of eight before
friend* coirtd reach the apot where
ah* went down. '
The tragedy occurred about a mile
below Rockford on the Neu*e river j
yeaterday afternoon about 8 o'clock I
Companion*, who were In .the waters
with her at the time were ao horri
fied and ahocked by the accident they
could not give Retail* but MU* Sut
ton waa thought to have atepped off
a aand bar or ahelf Into a deep hole
that waa over hey head. She dls
appeared before her friend* were
aware that ehe waa In danger. Al
though * thorough search waa made,
a sharp lookout kept, no trace* were
aeen of the body. •
Word VB> sent to Seven Spring*
and to people In Rockford. A search
ing party waa organized and In a
abort time eg wtnnber of man were
riding up and down each aide of the '
river near (he spot where the body
«■ was laat seen, In boats.
The body waa finally discovered'
yeaterday afternoon about 5; 30
o'clock by Major Herring, Frank
Smith and Damon Sutton., of Seven
Springs, It had been awept down
the rlvar aeverwl hundred feet by
the fore* of the current, and waa
found near the- river hank of the
Stream In a ahallow atretch.
Funeral aervlce* for the popular
young woman will be fr&u the
home thla afternoon. and the re
pialna will be buried In the family
graveyard, near the grave of her
father, who died about two yearn'
ago. '‘Besides (ter mother, the de
ceased la survived by several broth
er* and alstera.
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MRS. ST. GEORGE
DIES ON TRAIN
»
•■•nil for Prominent Woman
From Home in Southport
Thla Afternoon
Funaral service* for Mr*. Ada St
George, 81 year old woman of South
port. who died on the Atlantic Coast
Line northbound train about 1:3*1
o'clock Friday night, will"!)* held from
the borne In Southport this afternoon.
With Rev. James Miller, pa*tor of
the Metbodlat Church In that town
officiating Mrs, Ft. -George who
was Itre-trith of Cspt.aln Ttioma* S
George, of Soutjtp >rt, was also m
aunt of Mte J.’W. Wealhe-s, of thi
City •' v,V -*; ' ;
The deceased, who had b>*’i -uf
' 4 ' '
faring Iron* a tiyu -r of the hralr frr
some time. <:* n her wnv i• • \.< i.
Hopkins *io.r*'J<l ** Ballifn. t *< r
treatment, g< * .nip.i'iled h\ *«.( *:>n
Robert of KliiiVon, and a irj'yt
nurse When tko train *«» about
half way b*Tweail Knlaon and Mount
Oliva. Met. it tnrge w . take i
with a redden aM!"'k and died t*e or*
medical aid could be render-m
The bo» ws i removed .from the
train a* soon an I* arrived at Golds
horu, rnd takan the fn-eral par
lor* of C E H'anley and Soil 1 . »‘ • /
the r‘<suln* were prepared f • hurt.l
end *»et to Southport yeslerda ’ mom
lug-
Besf.’e* her husband, the decs 1 n'
lessee ll.e following child**tl Mrs.
John 0. Danle' r>» Chartlol— ilo“-
eit '•* George, of Kinston r M r
lam F< Georg* ere Measr‘. Jam*** I
Rustell tad Thomas St. Gaorga, all I
fit Southport, __ .
THE GOLDSBORO NEWS
READ IN THE MORNING WHILE MINDS ARE FRESH—READ BY BUYERS BEFORE THEY BUY.
14 PAGES TODAY
BEAN BEETLE
ACTIVE HERE
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County Agent Robertson Gives
Instructions For Control !
of Pest
"The Mexican bean beetle is now
(he n.oat active It ha* ever been
5
*r -c coinlug lo Wavne fount v,
said C l .utv Aren' A. K. Itoberl-on’
"It c*ii '• contro’ . d but not a* c***
lly a* uch ln»w'* j- *:*e po' it > bug
beet I ■ Thta I* t.» •••i»e t; fe.*,f< r-u
the underside of the le.*V*-!t ai. I here
fore th* plant* mt.-i be poluaon -1 in
-such manner that t it- tindV'lle >f
the Imvea get a CMtlir of p dsoi. Ii
either ta# du*t f. m or llquod. -
"Th* Mexican Oe-c Ih«'l*i Is main
ly a pi ■; *»f p**i rring tt*c
cominun er'lci b‘an* aid < .. na
or *bu". »an. 'ie i -tt rhnfre I*
Iteggai w--i. In erne caio-i h w-
I ever, ir • In «-. t >ll -ere- dam
f age cowpeaa. and *oy bean* are
■ Mometline* attacked. t „
"Bean plant* are easily burned
wltb polann*.' *o that cate rnu»l he
uae*l (n applying them. Begin us-
Ing poison a* soon a* the egg* or
spiny larvae are noticed on the un
derside of bean r|enve*. From one to
"five application* of poison are neces
*ary to control bean beetle* on a
crop. •
"Calcium arsenale. the meßpest
poison obtainable, I* e fecHve, ugjng
a* follow:
"Calcium arsenute, one pound, hy
drated lime, five pound* l'*e thi*
a* a dust Calcium arsenate
c»n be used as a spray as follows:
!,arge quantities -calcium arsenate,
I three-fourth* pound hydrated lima
! one and a half pound*, water 50 gal
lons. Small quantities—calcium ur
sennt* three-quarter* ounce, hy
drated lime one and a half ounce*,
water three gallon*.
For further Information call upon
County Agent. A. K. Robertson.
CAPTURE TWO
BOOZE PLANTS,
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Deputies Get 60 Gallon Still in
Brogden and 40 Gallon
SOU in Saulston
Two still* were captured In the
opposite end of the county yester
day.
Deputy George Coker bagged a in
gallon outfit In 84«bttoo township
pud destroyed two barrel* of beer.
Mark* about the plant Induced that
the still had been recently operated,
but (Mi one wa* about when (he of
ficer* arrived.
A6« gallon outfit was taken by
Deputy Roy Precise In Brogden
township ‘Five barrel* hap
empty—were set up about the plant
Report Lindy at Carolina
Beach Is Proved Unfounded
The "hot tip" that Col. and Mrs.l
Charles Lindbergh were honeymoon*
In* at Carolina Beach which came th
Goldsboro yesterday, firoved to be not
so hot The tip that the famous cou
ple might he at the Wilmington beach ,
Vra* brought to Goldsboro by four
men associated with Curtis* aero
nautical Industries who came to
Goldsboro by plane and automobile.
"It Rounds probable." .said Tetl
Crawford, regional aale* director of
Curtis* Filing Hervlce. Inc., "for he
has flewn an amphibian-plane along
this coast before lie I* so wejl
known In Ihe north and the far south
that crowds llnck to whatever field
he lights on whereas li« could drop
down with an amphibian plane on am
one of a number of sheltered wa
ter*.”
It did sound probable, and The News
got into action to see that It* read
er* got the true facts Managing Ed
Itur Memory of the Wilmington Morn i
lug Star. ( Was reached by telephone.
| "What about this report that Lindy
land hi* wlf# ar* down thara?" The
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EXPEC T CONGRESS RECESS MIDDLE JUNE
Auto Classic Ends Fatally for One Driver
»'■ * * H
J" A
JSSk ,*%,■ mm m, .WBBbJkJk- jam
The 500-ntile International Speedway classic
at Indianapolis, Ind., brought added fame to
Ray Keech, the victor in the gruelling grind,
but death to Billy Spence, of California, who
(Wove a puesenberg Special, car tyo. 10 (ar-
u ’— 1 -t»
Pave Way For Extension
m
! 01 Fruit Fly (Juuruntinp
WASHINGTON' June 1 <A’> The
department i>t agriculture today pay
ed the yrav f” r ,h,> Prompt exten
hloii tis the quarantine against the
Medlterreneaii fruit fly which la now
lnb**tlng certain areaa of Florida by
holding public hearings on the advis
ability of placing restriction* against
the fly lu every slate in the unload,
After today’* hearing the depart
ment can move swiftly If the fly la
dlacoverad In any section other than
Florida
Dr C. L. Marlatt. director of the
plant quarantine and control adminis
tration, said the hearing also wan
to provide for the restriction of the
movemit of fruit originating In Flor
ida from northern storage polnts-back
Into the coMon belt where 4he -peat
can maintain Itself. .
W. A. Graham, commissioner of ag
riculture of North Carolina said he
already had placed a atate embargo
on Florida fruit coming In from the
north a* 65 cratea of Infected fruit
had been found St Greensboro The
fruit be said had been burned.
Dr. Marlatt said he was to state
puhlMy that most of the fruit In
Ftnrida “and certainly all the fruit
that Jit allowed to move from Florida
la perfectly good and can be eaten
whh safety by anyone.” [
fEI.K* I' FIN U S
PARIS. June 1 Helen Milts
today entered the final round of the
French tenhls championship* In
which she la defending her women's
singles crown, defeated Mis* Klleen
Bennett. Fngllsh- slur. In the semi
finals bv scores jtl 6-2. 7-5.
I "Nothing to It. that we can find.”
replied Mr. Memory, “TUat re
port ha* been current down here since!
Thursday, and we have been run
ning It down about every tr> minute*
' "The first story was that he was
stopping at th* Walters estates Ar
il*—here and we sent -men all through
thyra looking for him or for anyone
who had *e< n an amphibian plane or
a yacht. They found poUtim-v how
ever. if the Colonel and his ladv
are down hero they are certainly good
hlders.”
What wa* considered m good expla
nation of the "hot tip" waa given by a
Glddstorq cltlxen.
"Probably a publicity stunt start-;
ed earlier In ihe week with the In
tention of attracting a big crowd to
the beaches Sunday. that
* If the Col. and his hrlde were down
i there everybody and his brother
i *
would he trying to get a glimpse of
’Nhem their‘yacht, th'dr Platte or
anything And n whole lot would
'■drive down Ju«t on Hie report Hum
: t there was a likelihood that they were
It*"*" » iw>-
GOLDSBORO, N. C. SUNDAY MORNING. JUNK 2. 1929
KNOT THOMPSON
IS BADLY HURT
*' *
On Receiving End of Heavy
Piece of Iron Pipe in Quar
rel at Greenleaf
Charley, atlas “Knot" Thompson,
negro living In the north end o’ the
city, is In the Goldsboro hospital with
a fractured skull, and Is said to b*>
In 4 critical condition as a'-*sult or
being on the receiving end ol a heavy
piece of Iron p s pe In the hands of an
other negro, believed by police to be.
Cicero Kills, a resident of the Green
leaf section.
Officers Joe Howell and Hack Ful
ghuni were summoned to Samuel's
flllln* l!k *djs+»n in Greenleaf by a tele
phone call Friday etrnlng about 7
o'clock, I’pon arriving at Ahe, fill
ing ktatlon. the officer v foutid
Thompson laying nnder the shed,
apparently dead. The negro had been
struck at the base of the akull with
a large piece of two Inch pipe, and
wus bleeding at both eur*. He was
placet; In a car and ru-hed to the lu
caJ hospital, where an examlnnUon
showed a fracture at the base of the
skull. Draining of th# spinal ha*
been performed Reveral times, and
aJtenilinc physicians declared la*t
evening that the negro has a fair
chance to reeavyr.
The other negro, Cicero Kills, who
wus said by witnesses to have struck
Thompson with the pipe following an
argument between the two men, was
still at large last evening, lie wus
reported to havs fled the scene lui
mediate!ly after the assault, and of-*
fleer* have not yet been able ,tp lo
cate his whereabouts. The exact
quarrel which resulted in the nearly
tat.cl assault, wus not known, built
was reported that Kills accused
Thompson of Insulting his wife, Th«
acnjsatloti wu- said to have resol ed
ill morn, Words between the npu, unci'
It was also reported that Thouipsou
had a brick In til* hand when atiuek
Willi the pipe. I ■ ‘ .
CAR TURTLES
. THREE TIMES
Dennix SnndiTx, Nvgru, injured
but Driver Mbtaed Dog Ah
Intended
Dentils Hander*, 'nogfo, of Helms.
w»* *erl<cb*c|> llllurell wtcrll the
Cadillac automobile in which he wa*
riding turned Over three times tie li
the Wayti -JWloic county Inc m
highway niinilcer luyedefclav after
toiou Will Lewis u gro. driver -if
the cur. atteuipic d to dodge a dog and
lit* machine went into a r»i) spin on
the » I'pavement. Hut he dd dodv
the doit.
Sheriff (irattt told huwc "El \Ve t
person whose name could - fUR be
(Continued on paga 5)
, O’
■ be—ri-
row). Spence overturned at Death jurn, th*
most d&ngcrotta spot on the track. The time
for |ltc winner waa 5:07:25:42, for an average
of miles per hour, which did not threat
en atn apcedjtCorda for the cunt.
IDENTIFY MAN
DRIVING CAR
4 a—.. «
A Mr. Ilill of Maryland Alleged
to Have fauwed Wreck *
Near Pikeville
The aagro hit and run driver, who
was alleged to have atruck the Reo
Flying Cloud In which Mr. and Mr*,
if. Mac JohiiHon, of Knfleld, were
driving on Highway 4fl near Pike
ville late Friday night, caualng John
won to lose control of the autninolfle
and crash iiito the house of Mr. ’De
vis, has been Identified as bring a
man uaiued Hill, from Maryland
Deputy Sheriff Buck Gardner, of
the aherl f* office* here, told The
News yesterday that Identification
had been made through an Insurance
policy found In' one of the hags,
which was knricked off the side of the
negro's car when It sides wined the
other. Kfforta'ara being made.to lo
cal# the driver of the car. and aa aoou
a* hr Is located a warrant will be
Issued for his arrest on a charge of
fast and reckless driving, tt was
learned. . v |. ,
„ Mr. Johnson Is a member of the
general assembly from Hal fax coun
ty ahd a personal friend of W. W.
Andrews, of thla city. Both be uiuh
Mrs. Johnson had narrow escajftvw
from serlou* Injury.
Insect Specialist to
Visit County Monday
■
C. H. Brannon, apectallat In In
sect control with Nt C. Stale College
of agricultural service, Raleigh, will
he In Wayne County Monday June the
third, to vl«lJ any one having tin
usual insect Injury to crop*. Any
farmer or gardner desiring special
iat assistance should Inform County
Agents Robertson at the court-house.
Baccalaureate Sermons
At Three Schools Today
Willi several of Ihe rural schools
already linked, other school* will it*!-
day Im-klu their commencement ex
ercises and conclude them ou Wed
ueaday.
Finals at JCuneka "Graded School
swung Into action last night with ,4.i.
recital and operetta by the music class'
of Mias Ruth Ye I vert mi The operet- j
lu which made a bit with a large au
dience wa* “Molly-He-Jolly.”
TIM* afternoon at 3 o’clock Rev.
Mr Baker pastoit of the Mount Olive
Presbyterian Church will) deliver the
baccalaureate sermon.
Senior class day exercises will
lake p^ace*Monday night at 8 o'clock
according td a program compiled by
Principal James <’. Manning of that
Institution. .
Hen-lork Tuesday morning will beari
Prof. K. W, 80-hart, o North. Car"
litta State College deliver a s|mo al
addre* • In tlo lr behalf. The follow
In* arc the students who gradufil •!
thi tia ou. Vernon Coley. Klllt.t
jryV* Ivt-rton, 1 Halil:■ Wctberlngiuii, K »
|ter Haley, Kvelyp Hauls, Viola ilatu .
and KUxabelh Saul*. |
14 PAGES TODAY
Senate And House Are"
Near Understanding On
Farm Relief Proposals
WATERS W ATER
BOUND IN TEXAS
I
Flood Which Delay Rotary Hub
I'retmient Elect Take Uvea
Os Ten Pew*e
Gpunte w Wartgrs, Jr.. pre*ld*nt
elect ..-w the Goldsboro Rotary Club
and representing the club at the In
ternational Convention In ' Dallas.
Texas, the past week, waa yesterday
waterbound In Hou*ton. Tex , he wir
ed Mr*. Warier*. He left Della*
Friday night on til* way home and
had reached Houston when floods
which have gripped the Imne Btar
State the past few day* stopped train*
from running The telegram receiv
ed yesterday stated that he expected
to reach Goldsborp Monday or Tu*a
day
'''.Floods In smeth and swat Texae
which had delayed Mr. Warier* fol-
I lowing torrential rain* had claimed
1b lives and caused daniaga amount
ting lo million* of dollars. Three per-
I son*, none of whom were Identified
drowned Friday. A boy on • bi
cycle wa* caught in the awlrl'ng cur
rent In the afreet ■ln Houston and
swept away. A lerrl'ted onlooker fell
Into Ihe water and he, 100. waa car
ried away. It was believed the
bodies would be recoyered In the
haaement of some nearby hnlldlng
When the water* receded
At Fort Worth a negro bov swim
ming In the high waters of the
TrliHty River wa* carried under by
the awlft current.
Keren other* lost their live* earl
ier thj past week.
GOLDSBORO MAN
HURT IN WRECK
•; . *
J. R. Cox and A Mr. Davis Injur
ed in Auto Wreck Near
Roheraonville
Lacerated aad bruised, the extent
“of which was unannounced, J. R Cox.
Hast and * Mr Davis of Goldsboro,
were at a late hour laat night under
< are of a local physician' aa a result
of u head-on automobile collision ear
lier In the nlglt tnear Rxibernonvlllq
while enronle from Wllllamatcm to
Goldsboro.
.According to telephone Information
reaching The News ai midnight, th#
young men were returning front
Wllllason where they are employed
to Goldsboro.
As they neared Roberson villa they
Collided with a machine manned by a
learned last night Odrupant* of both
(Continued on page 4)
The aenlor pluv, "The Knd of the
Lane," will b< picsejiied by the dus*
Tuesday night ‘at X 15, the announce
ment *ay*.' Miss Taylor of the Kilg
lish department lias beeu directing
the character*.
Contrary to a custom iff many y«#r*
jno dinner will be served In plcttlt’
; style Xttlw coiptnenekment. The News
I was Informed.
Brogden I Inals.
Final preparations are complete
for the Brogden High School finals
which start this afternoon at. f 30
o'clock with the baccalaureate ser
mon by lti» A J, Smith, pastor or
the F:r-t Baptist Church-of Ooldsboro
The Cobl-boto Pn hylerlan choir will
have charge of the musical program.
Mis**-* Dygna Kornogny, Krneatine
Blssett, Kale Kllxabeth. Moore and
.Lottie (i will serve as marsh
als under the supervision of Hugh
.John Hulling-wont* chief'marshal
Lille tots of this. »chiK>l ar.> pre
pared to render their "'Tom Thumb
procram Tuesday nlghl im,
! s 10 which be fullowed b\
| jy 1
TODAY’S CIRCULATION
3,009
PRICE FIVE CUffl
Democrat* Agraa U kpwrt
i'ropoMal far Vat# on Tariff
B#for# Dacambar
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SENATOR SIMMONS MARK
I ANNOUNCEMENT PARTY
1 * —' h
Senate la Appiraatly ifif I*
Withdraw U Dabaatara
Relief Ptaa
WAHHINOTON. jaaa h 4*l
lifniocrillc support of Um infrth to
rilnpnae of lb* tariff MU hatar# ttt
malar session ia Dtotakar
up the congressional attaatkm l«4*f
and act republican taa4#ra to plan
ning anew oa a raoaaa oe#r tk* bat
summer montha.
Thla throat of Waahlaftoa*! earn*
mar haat alao appeared to b# |lfta| ,
President Hoover a whip baad oa M*
•ntlra **tra aaaaion program. load-
Im fore* to- the drip# (a dtapaaa at
the farm relief oootrorerey at da
early data. 1
If farm relief and the oaaoaa rf*
apportionment Mila are aaaafgd ail
definite aaauranee glean of a flaal
eota oa tbo tariff aaaaoaro before De
frmber.jjr. Hooepr will aaaatl(<»a a
rongreealoaa) receaa a Bill Septem
ber.
Senator Rlmauma of North Carottaa
ranging Demoerat oa the fiaaaoa
committee. annoaaoad today tow a
conference of the mlaortty aae mb erg
would agree tbtt data t»a flaad
eurlng final dlspaaMMf aaf the tartof
before tbs regular gaaataa ia Deeeto
ber.
Senator Slmmone aahf ha dM aat
want a definite data aa whtoh tha
tariff bill ahoald ha eatod oa hat
that tha namaerata woe Id gadarpa aa
agreemeat atlpalatlag that tha ato%-
aara should ha voted oa aat latat
than a data beforb the Paoambar ana*
alon. r
Before that eaa coma ahaat, be#
ever, the aanate meat riceai from Ms
f iport debenture proeialoa had gat
thla place of legialatioa to tha White
Hnuaa :*ha hoaaa mast approve tha
■mate hill for canons and ragppaqi
t ion men t and a vote meat ha talma
In the aanate on tha recnmpibadattoa
of Preaidant Hoover for ropaal of tht
national orgtaal tmmlgrattaa quota
baala which geea into affect July. 1.
By inat what taatbod tha racaaa la •
tn coma about la atil Itn doabt. Or
dinarily unanlmoaa coaaaat woald he
neceeaarv to bind tha aanate to agrit
•til to a final vote oa the tariff. “
hi» la not In proa poet, donator fo
rah and Senator Jooee. tha a aetata at
Republican leader*, are bath again at
the vacation and want tha aaaata to
■ter ber*. hot or cold, anill tbo tariff
bill la enacted.
CONVICTS START
SERVING TERM
Five Conroy ad la Btat# PridM
Yentarday Hava Saataacas
Totaling 48 Year*
Wayne t'ouaty deputies yeeterdey
conveyed to Ralelgb to begin earv-
Ing eentaacae la BUta Prlaoa. five
men who ware convicted of felonies la
the Superior Coart here the past
week. Two white men and three a#*
pme* made up tha lot. Tha man
were ■entancad to aarve terma total*
Ini forty-eight year*.
Will W ood and Herbert . Mlaahaw
started sentences of five ta aavaa and
in year* respectively- Wood wad
convicted of a crime against nature
and MlnMhaw of assault with latent
y- kill upon blef neighbor J K Cook
Willie King, negro, atactod hie 1*
year* for breaking Into tha hoaaa at
John King and attempting robbery.
Marshall Williams got going oa Ms
x to in years sentence for haaaa
breaking and Wllltam Joyaof start
ed kla 16 yea re for highway labbqgy
*and Loueebreaklng. _ .