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The Goldsboro Herald “Wayne County s Leading Weekly Newspaper" VOLUME xvn—Number 41 Goldsboro, N. C., Thursday, January 25. 1940. PRICEi i Cm* Increased Travel In North Carolina Shown by Gasoline Gallons 23Vt Million Gallons Mors Gas Used In 1939 Than During Year 1938. Raleigh, .Inn. 23.—Increased trav el In North Carolina during 1939 ii ahown by the large Increase in oline used, the total amounting to 419.188.971 gallons, it was pointed out today by officials of the rtete advertising division of the Depart ment of Conservation and Develop ment. This is an incrcosc of 23. 563.299 gallons over the amount used in 1938 nod an inrrease of more than 37.0911.0130 gallons; over ttie amount used in 1937. According to figures obtained from the gaso line Tax division of the Department of Revenue motorists paid $83,337. 794 for this cnsoi.ne at an average of 20 cents a gallon. On the basis of figures worked out by the American Automobile Association, 68 per cent of this gas oline was used by panenger cars ar.d 35 per cent by trucks The AAA also has worked out figures showing that passenger cars now average 14 miles to the gallon and trucks 10 miles to the gallon. This means that passenger cars in North Carolina last year used 272.472.831 gallons of gasoline and trucks 140.716,140 ral'cns. ». ■ In term1 < f mile* passenger cars " traveled almost four bi’lion miles; in the slate last year, nr 3.814.619.- i 631 miles, while trucks traveled almost a billion and a half miles, o; 1 407 161,400 miles P One passenger car wou'd have to i trnvtel around the world 152,584 j ‘-irt.es in order tr equal the number of miles traveled by passenger <-jh-» in North Carolina during 1939. without considering the t.467.161.- ’ 41 n m'les traveled by trucks. T; is estimated 1hat 3t least 3. 600 000 people in 1.000 600 passenger car., fnmn other slates visited North Carolina during 1939. Tucker Urqes Road Fund Diversion No’1’ , Be Stopped in N. C. i He Soys Thai C«n*ral Toxm Will Take Care of General Fund For State. New Bern. Jan 23—All economic necessity (or providing that state highway fundi may be used to bal-; 1 ance the State's genernlfund bud-; get has passed, and tiiis^opening : wedee for diversion of highway ! funds" Should be remuved from * the law. Harry Tucket. Professor 1 of the Highway Engineering De- 1 partment of N. C State College, told a gathering of oil men from ten j eastern counties here today Tucker told his audience that sev eral years ago some persons chorg- 1 |r «k! with the duty of administering the affairs of our state governmtnt ] ’were fearful that new and untried • taxes might not produce sufficient revenue to meet current appropria k tions. Yet, they did not go *»r ' ’ ■ enough to make *n outright diver- 1 . sion of highway funds to the gen- ’ era! fund. As a compromise, a sec tion was written into the law pro viding that in the event of a deficit In the general fund, transfers of money U . the highway fund could be made. "Without discussion the wisdom |t of this decision here, it has been demonstrated by experience that general fund taxes can be levied in amounts sufficient to meet general . fund expenditures, and this provis- J Son for contingent diversion of high way funds should be eliminated." i Tuoker caid the provision for contingent diversion of highway ] funds results in approximately $2, 500.000 of highway funds lying idle and unused at all times. He said that this money cannot he used j J for highways until after it is shown that there will be no deficit In the general fund, and by that time it is necessary to set aside another re serve of $2,500,000 to provide against < a possible deficit in the genejal , fund for the next year l "pho present condition of our j highways—the need of modern!**- i tior. of our main arteries of traffic ] and the need of improvement of ; our county roads—the hundreds of dangerously narrow roads and i bridge* through the state, tell more , eloquently ffian words the need for spending every dollar of our **»oline and license tax money on ( R> ouJ r<wd*." Tucker declared He said the threat of diversion , bhould be elimhvated by an amend- • ment to the state constitution to require that all special highway taxes ,be spent for road purpose* i only. MM>rTTABI.E From hi* on*.acre tobacco pro loot. Claud* Baas of the Kenly 4-H Club In Johntnn • county, harvcated 1 7M pounds of tr»bacco. which net ted him $299 81 after experite* of $51 Jl were deducted TO PLAY FOR PRESIDENT'S BALL I President’s Birthday Ball Will Be Held On January 30th At Hotel Paul Moor# and HI* Slat© Col-j leg© Collegian* Will Play ! For the Dance. FRANK JONES HEADS I DRIVE IN THIS COUNTY Chairman Jcnos Hopes to Raise More Than the $400 Raised Last Year. Paui. Moore arid h l* State College I I'pV.eulans. above will play for the pi t-,v'dent's Rirt,hd.'iy BYill at the Hotel G-ulasburo Tuesday evening. T;;i uary 30th The dance featuring the popular mi■ ic organ,ration, will bring to a •lose the three-week'"; drive in the fight Infantile Paralysis Campaign n Warn* county wilh T. Frank lories as chairman. The March nf D.rntjs and coin col-1 eet on phases of the drive have jeer carried on in all communities ){ Wayne county fur the Inst two *oeks. School children have aided yvith the March nf Dime* I.eon 5. uch of Grantham is chairman of In'ir phase of the campaign in the rural schools: Ray Armstrong ini ihe city schools The Goldsboro Woman's Club Is' n charge of placing tickets for the lance. Walter Slansbury is chair nan of the dance. A carnival of fun will be run off it the same time the dance is in irogres*. The Fun Carnival will be -.eld in the small dining room: the • Innee in the main dining room. A iroRram of games ar.d entertnin nent will be carried out. Admis icn to the dance admits also to the t.n .program. Ftyink Remahurg , leads this feature of the entertain- . riLnt. Half of the funds raised will be etained locally for the Paralysis \ind. half will be sent to the Na lor.al Foundation for Infantile Pa aly sis last year near $400 wp raised, n the campaign in Wayri© Chair-1 nan Jnnes says that he hopes to I letter this record this year and he ; lelieves that it can be done with he cooperation of the various com- ' nittees. “They are all doing fine vork,” he said. Church Loyalty Campaign Begins On February 4th 12 Churche* In CWr Ar* Co*j operating in This Ccrmpcign ! Far Loyal Worlc, A Church, Loyalty Campaign,; ;»poi. sored oy 12 churche* in (lolds ooro. v. i 1 heipo Ihe fl r s t of Febru ary anrl run through March, ac cording lo plans announced here. This campaign, be rg participat-. » I m by iii ifl of the kad.ng church es nf the city, is to begin officially! the fir\t Sunday in February and a high-light of the campaign will be 'iir.ultarieous evangelistic nerviccsi to be held :r. the participating churches the week prior to Rosier. One at the first things in be done is to try and eni.st the members of the various churches by getting ihem Lo agree to attend the ser v.ces nf the churches and take purl •i th«» Loyalty Campaign. A large, iupp.y nf cards has been printed’: and (members will be asked to sign ! ihese curds, checking on them the services they agree to attend dur ng the campaign The pa*tore of the various church. ■s in Goldsboro have held meetings ■napping plans fur this cooperative effort to enlist more people in the work of the churches. rim Berry Smith Shoots Himself Jim Berry Smith, young white nan of New Hope township, is In the Goldsboro Hospital suffering from head wounds which officers -(•ported were self-inflicted. Sheriff Paul C. Garrison report ?d the shooting took place In John Adams' store at Adamsville. and he officer stated that Smith ad nitted he shot himself but gave no -eason for the shooting The bul et, from a 38 pistol, entered the iheek and passed near the eye. I ( Annual Meeting Scout Council Will Be Held >r. H. W. Hist National Rep r«Mntaftv« oJ Bor Scout*. Will Be Speaker. ’ROGRESS FOR YEAR IS TO BE OUTLINED udgo Henry Steven* oi War mw Will Present the Speaker at the Dinner. Dr. H. W Hurt, National Repre et.tative or lYie Boy Scouts of America, New York City will be he principal speaker at the Annual fleeting and Dinner of the Tusco oro Council to be held in the Totel Goldsboro on Friday evening t 7 o'clock. fThc Honorable Henry Stfcvenj, of Warsaw’, resident udgo of the 8th Judicial District vill present Dr Hurt Fallowing Dr. Hurt‘* address, Vitliam P Kemp, president of the Council, C. Harold Westln, Scout Executive, W A. Dee*, finance ■hairman, and Clarence W Bca 'oek, nominating chairman will pve their annual reports One of the most important events if the dinneT will be the presenta ior. cf the Silver Beaver and Court >f Honor Awards by Mr. Leslie Well. Other features will be two skits presented bv the Scout* of Troops Mo. 1 and No. 13 Rev Bnscom Rollins will pray ;ho fnvoeat on and Dr Legh R. Scott, the dismissal A small fee of 75c per person I* o be charged for the dinner. The public is cord ally invited. I The complete program U u fol- ( lows; ( Invocation. Rev. Bascom Rollins; Dinner; Shit. Troop No. 13, Golds boro, Ray Liles, Scoutmaster; Intro duction of District Officers and distinguished guests, James W. But ler: President’* Report, William P. Kemp; Report of Scout Executive C Harold Westir: Report of Bud get Committee, W. A Dees; Reportj f Nominating Committee, Clar-1 cnce W Peacock; Council Awards,' 1 x-slie Weil; Silver Beaver, Court of Honor Awards; Skit. Troop No. 1 Goldsboro, Paul L. Borden, Jr., Scoutmaster. Presentation of Speaker, Hon.: Henrv L. Stevens. Jr. Address—Dr. H W Hurt, Nat'l Representative. B. S. A. j Dismissal—Dr. Legh R. Scott I Other reports were heard from: President William P Kemp; Coun c’l Commissioner, Paul L. Borden, \ Sr,; Treasurer. Herman Weil: Or- I caniTalion and Extension Chairman, W E. Pennington; Training and Lecdership Chairman. Ray Arm strong; Campir.e and Activities Chairman. Harry Kraft: Health and Safety Chairman W G Wilaon; Advancement Chairman. O. A. Betts. RECORDS Henders n county growers are '"n ms n steadllv increasing !n eiest in farm records, with the *,■. l"*eping nrcoinit hooks mount ■ v each year since 1936 Influenza Keeps _Schools Closed Goldsboro white public schools, closed since Weanesday of last week on account of the prevel ariee of influenza, will remain closer) until next week, according tie announcement by Superintend ent Ray Armstrong, Mr Armstrong's decision to keep the schools closed was retched after conference with Health Officer r>r S B Mc Plu*elcrs anl otlwr physician* of the city. While white schools have been eiosed f >r more than a week, the colored schools have kept open, sickness not being reported among th< colored as among ihe whites. Schools in Warsaw were c'osed yesterday on account of the preveiance of influenza In that t< wn George Brogden, 45. Found Dead in Big Ditch on Wednesday Body Had Apparently Been in Ditch Severed Hour*: Man Probably Drowned. Georec Brujilen. 45 ypar old white mtn. wss found dead in the Big D It h just bo ith of Gn'.dsboro about 2 o’clock Wedner.riay afternoon. Sheriff Ptiul C Carried, wfho \> *n Deputy .ipi.':1 Gurley investi .! ■!t ‘,'ne rrre said the body v/as fo .1 ab • ut 1?. steps wH of Histt J!7 where tit B g Ditch runs un-ic-T the road A boy playing ili. ut the pipe* discovered the body notified the sheriff’* office The fficers sii.d the body had appar ently beer, in the water for many irurt; ar.d :t was reported at Bme frn’s home at*' ■ nt a m )c south of there the body vas found that Hr (tilen teft his home about 6 30 rii' itiay night and had not been icer since. Officers reported t> ey found no negation of foul play; but that r tether investigation wv>uld be :i : before it was determined If ,i- nquert was necessary. Brogdcn was • employed as a me rhanic by the T A. Loving Cum jany, contractors <*m A*fp>r»d Meeting M Medical Societv T r-<?t TUnrcday P. M. rh's Wat the 13th Annual Meeting of Medical So ciety Ladies' Night. A total of I1» were present in •lurtJng doctors, dentists, druggists. lie:r wives, and a number of out of own guests when the Wayr.e Medi •a! Society held their thirteenth ir.nual Toadies Night at the Hotel >o’dsi>oro on last Thursday even r.g. Dr D J. Rose acted as toast nastcr. and Dt. C. E. Howard, presi iont of the society, welcomed the, ruesta. Dr. A. C Woodard, chair nan of the committee on arrsnge nents. presided over the program. vh:ch was dedicated entirely to “up. Silas Lucas, Wilson attorney, de iverod a humorous talk. Miss -essie Pratt Mallard, and Mrs J. R. <night of Mt. Olive gave readings. ... E. Warrick gave humorous re narks applied to society members, ["here were a number of enjoyable tupt* and skits and group singing, ["he ladies received favor*. Among out of town guests prei ■nt were: Mr. and Mrs. Silas Lucas >f Wilson: Dr. and Mrs. P. P. Mc :ain of Sanitorlvtm; Mr. Zimnter nan from Edward* Military Inati ute; and Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Wood ird of Selma. Concert Singer Is Here Monday Erne**. McOhesney. not*d toner will si:ir bore in the Goldsboro If.Kh School ouditnrium next Mon day r.iuht. under the auspices of the CJo’.dsboro Cooperative Concert As sociation This Is the recent! of the aeries of concerts to be given here this reason. Grand Jury Raps County Jail, Slot Machines And Numbers A. T. Hawkins Is Leader In Civic Life Of Section Native of South Carolina, Has' Been Resident of this Stale ' For Many Yean. -, I 1 HEADS BROADCASTING COMPANY IN GOLDSBORO Mr. Hawkins is Now With the Company He Has Been With for 15 Years. A T Hawkins, a native i ■ 1 South Carolina, but * North Carol in.an b> ^'loice. In repent j years ha# become one ot the lead jn*--^ citizens of Goldsboro and ; Wayne county, interested in every ph: *r of community development. Mr llawkrns first came to Go’ds boro in 1928, ar a salaried employee <■! the Texas Company, left and U.ei returned ir» 1914 a# distributor | tut Texas Company products and | has been here since Ih&t time. He Y- h-» ii v. Lh Hit* company con •lr usly ler the past 15 year* in A' rfem'nn, S C., in 1900, ‘ i'. . o: f Re\ ai d Mrs W R Haw 1-. r.s "13ert" r.s he is knewn by his • ilr.cir'f at’eroed school in Ander-j f n.t. ;t the Bailey Military Institute, fpmnv.'iys S C arid at Wake, Frepjjt College where he graduated h the (’ass of 192.1 Upon leaving Wake Forest Mr. Hawkins returned to his home city :r d ho":,Tie cO-X',tirder of THE AXDFR5*ON I NT)KITIN’DENT. a newspaper of that city. He soldi I h.s Interest n the paper in 1925 ar.d wer.t with Ihe Texas Company, or. h?s made steady progress with t hr company since that d3te. With th ■■ company he has been located Raleigh, Goldsboro. R’ohro.ar.i, Norfolk, and Goldsboro again. Indication of Mr Hawkins’ Inter est in civic afTsits is shown by the fact that he is past-chairman of the boord of the Salvation Army; past president of the Chamber of Com merce; President of the Eastern Carolina Broadcasting Company, which he he'ped to organise: and prc£;dcrt ol the Cooperative Con cert Association He is a member of the Eiks and Masonic lodges; a Rr.tnrizn. pnd a member of the Baptist church. His hobby is golf, Mr Hi.wkinf married Mss Mar garet G.ll of Wake Forest and they ha\r an attractive daughter, Peggy., cclling ! Since culling his flock of layers to 30 W T. Stcrwart of Dakersville, Mitchell courty, has been gather ing an average of two dozen eggs daily, production reaching 29 eggs r.e day. Civic Leader A. T. Hawkittf Mayor of Faison Has An Operation Bryant Martinu. mayor cf Faison, who suffered a fracture of the skull wi*er he was struck by an automo-' b:x in Faison last Friday night. a •»«-ek ago. anti who entered the frotashoro .Haspit.'il Tuc*H»y un deiwer.t operations to remove pres sure on the brain. It was reported from the hospital. X-ray picture* taken at the ho* P:ta! showed a fracture of the tkull aver the left temple He is ex pected to be able to leave the hos pital in a few days, but will have to remain in bed at his horn* for JHveral weeks. Thp accident occurred when the mayor was walking on the edge of pavement shortly after dork, ft c ur ver of the car did net stop. i O.V'E PI ASTER j One-qunrter of all this country's farms now have high-line electric service, more than twice the num ber of farm* that had such facili ‘ '(*■.; <n 1035 when the RFA was established. The 20th Wrek Of War (By W. F. Nuferl General Winter took almost com plete charge of the western front this past week, and there was scarcely anything of consequence happening in France In the war at sea Britain had a bad week, losing three submarines near Helgoland the hurt ojf the week and two large destroyers a little later. The destroyer Exroouth went down with all hands which is something very unusual and also acounted for England's largest loss of life since the Beutchland sank, the Rawalpindi In October, There j wire also several merchantman | <rfhips sunk and the Italian ship j Oro7.o mvs‘eriously caucrht fire in the Mediterranan. going down with small loss of life. Germany charged (*'" French contraband control «rith having planted bembs in this ship France of course indignantly de nied this al'egallun : One of the most interesting fea-| tures of Britain’s war this week, was the sneech of Winston Church ill in the House of Commons, high lylitcd by his appeal to the neu ral? to jrin the allies before they are swallowed up orte by one. i Events have shown that he is very logical in this contention, hut It is doubted that many neutrals will come in unless and until they are attacked > On the Finnish front where eold h»R beer the worst and of longest duration for .10 years, the Finns have pursued a retreating Russian ’ force from Kcmijarvi, a rail head in west central Finland. The Rus sian* have done a remarkable job, penetrating two-thirds the distance across Finland at this point, and were well ectrenched, but lack of supplies aided bv Finnish attacks on their lines of communications ccused their retrograde toward the Russian border. It seems that this retreat Is not to be a tot*) defeat like the last om- but unfVmlbtrdly the Finns have punished the Russian* severe |v. The Russian* are now finding •jn" that they need more ski troops. ; •md their newspapers are ad vocal- i :ng training millions of Russians, for this type warfare. The influx of volusteers from Sweden and other Scandinavian countries U a good sign that the Finns are begin ning to obtain the aviators and oth er special troops which are their; greatest need for continued resist ■nee to Russia. In the midst of continued Russian bombing of Ftn •»nd. it is good news to hear that the Finnish air force has raised the Russian base at Kronstav and r,arnaeed severely the Russian bat Mesh ip Mftrat and two cruiser? It i? to be hoped that this is the first ■ f many successes on their part \ little development of interest in economic war is the note from Germany that Russia has allowed 'he Germans to operate apd police ‘he railroad which runs through. that part <*f Poland which Russia | has Just grabbed and into Rbu mnnla. This mean? that the Ger-1 •naps will have under their con- • It I the real line which must carry ; 'he vital Roumasian oil to their i wat machine. | On the other side of the world 1 •here were two very interesting developments in the Chlneae-Jap snese war. The Chlnest have de feated the Japanese colum which wa« sent to sever railroad connec tions with French Iodo-China, and h.ive pushed the Japanese back to within 15 miles of Canton, one of China's largest cities which was taken by the Japanese over a year ago The other development ia the recognition by Italy of the new Japanese sponsored government of fjbina This means to me that Italy in her efforts to form a nett T» block against Russia has reach 'd out to stiffen Japanese resist ance against Russia In Asia, and that mean to keep Russian pres sure on the Balkans and Turkey to * minimum. Report Urges That Stops Be Taken to Relieve Situation In Crowded JaJL OmCES OF COUNTY FOUND GOOD SHAPE Grand Jury Asks That Tome thing be Done to Stop Gam bling Devices Reported. Wayr.e county's "inadequate Mrfk out of date” jail building ‘complaint o filJegal slot machine* and numbers rackets being operat ed" in the county, received eipesM emphasis in the report of the Grand Jury made to Judge J. J. Burney Wednesday afternoon In Wayne Superior Court. The report of the Grand Jury, heeded by M. A. Shaver, chnlnnuw urged that something be done about the condition! exiting. "We found the jail building very inadequate and out of date. Whan crowded not enough ccts are avail* solo and the inmLie* have to sleep double on single cots. Only on* toilet j» available In each unit of eel’s, which automatically makes a health hazard. We rec mm end that tic Board of County C on mission* ers provide a r.ev jail building or in mediately provide extra toilet* so a.- 'o protect the well inmate* from f’eir vcnerally and otherwise diseased associates” In regard to the alleged gamb ling operations in the county, the report said: "We deplore the ntUM err us complaints of Illegal flot ma rhmes and numbers ,-orkeLs being nf«e rated m Wayne county and call upon our cit?cnhip to help eradi cate these evilz by reporting and progec’jt.ng any violators We ask ed the Sheriff for his cr-eperation arrl he assured us he would do all In his power to see that no ma ch nes would be illegally operated." Visits to the various offices and •nlit-sticnr in the -• unty broilskt the report that all of these were found in an, excellent condition. Testing of school trucks by an ex pe' ierxred and able mechanic of Goldsboro resulted in the report 1hat the busses are in fine shape except for a few minor -adjue*-“ moots. and brought the oral sfStS^- " roent from the foreman to the ef fec* that A B. Simsbury, in charge of transncrtation. should be highly corn mended for the fire shspe the busses hre in. AT drivers ar«e p-,.rerly licensed Trt hec conditions in the Wayne jc' have been mentioned by ai n't st every grand jury in recent years. Those servir? c-r the »rord jury; Th'se drawr in Auhllt. Robert E. Williams. J. F Thornton. N. R, Smith. J F. Green D. Z. Holloman, Dan Lancaster. Sarr Casey. Lyn wood Sauls. William Van Hoekel; ana those drawn this term for six mor.th' service, M A. Shaver, fore man: J. B Mozinyo T J. To Ison, W I Mi Liard. Le n Westbrook. Har vey Summerlin. Daniel Potter and C F. Hinnanl. 12 Local Ploy«rs Enter Bridge Meet Pinehvrst Friday Twelve cotMtsnts from Golds boro will leave lo enter the Mid winter Southern Bridge Tourna ment which will be held at Ptne hurat on Friday night. Saturday afternoon, and Saturday night The contestants are: Mr. and Mrs. Her man Weil. Mrs. Dick Griswold. Mrs. Kenneth C. Royal!. Mrs. Cedric Ed gcrlon, Mrs G. Banks McNairy, Mrs. Hugh Dortch. Mr Clarence 1j Saesn. Mr. Wiley Smith, and Mrs. Earl Thumps* rn. Mrs. Hattie Cope land Hill of Kinston will hIso ac company the players from Golds boro. Three hundred people have registered for the tournament. Red Cross Grouos Hold Three Meets Mias Alice Dugan, of the Ameri can National Red Cro&s held a one day conference with the instructor* of Home Hygiene and Care of tho Sick of Wayne County. Nine In truder* were present at the con ference. Miss Martha Vance Elledor at t he American Junior Red Cross will be Goldsboro all day Saturday and will meet with the colored teachers at 10:90 at the Colored . Community Center on Saturday' morning. Mrs. Owen Dali will meet the white teacher sponsors of the schools enrolled in the Junior Rad Cross and the Junior Red Cross committee on Saturday afternoon a: 3:30. Tea will be served to the members present All meetings of the Girl Scouts will be postpone*., until the citv schools are reopened
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