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p The Goldsboro Herald "Wayne County's Leading Weekly Newspaper VOLUME XVI!—Number 51 Goldsboro. N. C.. Thursday, April 18, 1940 Pric* 5 ^METIDISI CHURCH r* MISSIONARY MEET 10 BE HELD HERE Missionary Meeting Will Be Held at St. Paul Church 9th a! May. # A missionary meeting tor tlwt North Carolina Methodist Confer ence will Ik! held in St Paul Metho dist Church in Goldsboro on Thurs day, May if according to a long dis tance message received by the pas tor. the Rev. Walter C Ball, from Dr. J. M. Ormond of the School nf Religion of Duke University. Te meeting will open at ten o' clock in the morning, and there will al" be an afternoon session. Around 200 out of town people ore expected to attend The services will l>e open to the public. Or. the evening of May 8 there will be an executive meeting at St. Paul Church attended by what offi cials. of the conference Including Bishop Waller Teele, Dr W. F. Few, president of Duke University. Dr. Ormond, all district superintendents, and district missionary secretaries Leslie Howell, 45, Must Die For Death of Local Policeman Jury Deliberates Only a Short Time Before Finding Howell Guilty. Guilty of murder in the first de gree was the verdict of the jury In the trial of I.eslie Howell, 45. charg ed with the slaying of Goldsboro Policeman H. C. Wiegand on the night of March 7. The jury turned In the verdict Inst Friday afternoon after deliberating for two hours and twenty minutes Presiding Judge C. F. Thompson of Elizabeth City sentenced Howell to be executed by gaa at the state prison m Raleigh on June 21. De fense counsel gave notice of appeal to the Supreme Court, and was al lowed sixty days to perfect the ap peal. The slate was allowed an ad ditional thirty days In which to reply. The states rested at the close of court TTiuriday afternoon, after ten witnesses had testified. Friday morn ing the defense offered no testi mony. and attorneys presented argu W. A. Decs, City attorney, who had assisted Solicitor Claude C. Cannady, spoke first, the Solici tor second, and defense attorney N W. Outlaw last. Outlaw argued for no worse verdict than man slaughter, stating that Howell was in hi* own house, and that the of cers had no warrant. Judge Thomp son, in hi* charge to the jury, had fe namel three possible verdicts, guil ty of murder in the first degree, guilty of murder in the second de gree or manslaughter. Mrs. Wiegand and her seven chil k dren attended the trial, and were present when the verdict was brought in. Mrs. Howell left the court room shortly before the jury turned in their verdict. Howell lis tened to the verdict stoically. He and eight other prisoners were car ried to Raleigh Saturday morning to begin serving the.r terms. Fertilizer Plant Burns On Monday The storage unit of the Davidson Chemical Company’s fertilizer plant on the northwestern edge of Golds boro was completely destroyed by fire, which was discovered at 11:35 Monday night, and was not brought under control until nearly daybreak Tuesday. The fire department answered the summons, but had to use the booster tanka to protect adjoining ware houses and the office because the fire was outside the city limits and there was no water connections. Water wa> pumped into the tanks from five hydrants not far sway. The plant is the property of a corporation in Baltimore. Mr. Man ager E B. Mann could not say what was the loss on the three story build ing and ius contents of several tons of fertilizer. He said a representa tive of the company would come sometime this week to check the damage. B. L. Pate Suffers A Fractured Leg B. L. Pate of Belfast, is id the Goldsboro Hospital with a broken leg suffered at hi$ home Monday when he stepped into a hole while trying to chase a mule Into a stable His leg wag broken just below the knee and at the ankle. Hobbs’ Stockyards Burn, But Sales At Location Continue Speaks Saturday nil FKANC1S r. TOWNSEND Or Francis E T'lwn^nd, founder and president nf the Townsend O’.d Age Pension Plan, will speak at the Wayne Cnrnty Court House on Sat urday evening of this week at 7:30 o'clock. The speaking will tie pre ceded by a parade and music on the streets of the city. The public Is invited to join in the parade and hCHr 1he speaking, said Or Zeno Spence, candidate for congress, who has been instrumental in bringing the speaker to Goldsboro. Public Enemy No. 1 Death Car To Visit Goldsboro 22nd-23rd Car in Which Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker Killed To Be In City. The “Death Car" in which Clyde Burow, once public enemy No. 1. and his sweetheart. Bonnie Parker, nv-t their death which ended the ghastly bloody career of two of the United States' most notorious mem bers of the gangster world will be on display at the J. I Musgrave showroom on Monday and Tuesday,. April 22, 23 from 1 p. m. until 9 p m The “Death Car” is now on a na tion wide tour, working in conjunc tion with the President in a nation wide drive to prevent crime, and is sponsored by the National Anti-^ Crime Association. C. WiLey Stanley and Everett Fil-J llngham, nationally known lectur-j era and members of the National I Anti-Crime Association will give a! lecture with the exhibition ol the j car. The actual facts os to how- the , notorious criminals were captured j and killed will be explained *nd the speakers will answer any questions: that the audience might wi3h to ask Pertaining to the exhibition. The exhibition shows the result of our government s relentless drive against, crime in our country. This cxh.bition is being shown | through the courtesy of the J: I Musgrave Company, local Na*h and Studebaker dealers who cordially invite the public to visit their show room and sec this exhibit "Sales Must Go On" Is Split) That Prompts Business At the Stockyards. WORKMEN BUSY DAY AND NIGHT BUILDING Loss Estimated al Thousands of Dollars; Partially Covered By Insurance. Someth.jig of the spirit of show people which led to the adoption of a motto “the show must go on" was seen here this week when the •lolui F Hobbs Stockyards held reg ular .suction sales Wednesday after tire had destroyed two nf the firm’s large barns last Thursday night, , The spirit of John F. Hobbs Is I “the sole must go on.” With such a irpirit as this work-, men have been busy night and day ' • his week budding stock pens, con- 1 strucUrig shelters, aeti.ng up temp porary offices so that the sale might be held. The fire, one of the most destruc tive here in many months, occurred last Thursday night. IVoth the huge mule and cow barns were complete ly destroyed, with loss mounting into the thousands of dollars The buildings were only partially cover ed by insurance John F. Hoobs, owner of the bus iness, was visiting in Seven Springs, when the fire occurred, but employ ees did every thing they could to' save the buildings but were not able, to save them. They did. however, drive around 150 head of horses, mules and cows from the barns and save them. It is thought that one or two of the horse* or mules re turned tn the barns and were burn Cause of the fire has not been de termine!, but it has been suggested that spontaneous combustion In a I pile of manure covered with many tons oI hay caused the fire. What ever the cause, the high winds of Thursday night soon swept the flames from the cow barn north ward to the mule barn, destroying both buildings. , The Goldsboro Fire Department' answered the alarm to the fire, but being out of reach of city water the firemen could fight with but little effect with booster pumps which hold Only 100 f 'Ions of water. Fire men fought heroically, however, and they remained in one of the barns so long that flames came near catching one of the fire trucks before it could be removed. The building collapsed just as the truck was removed Although the buildings were com pletely destroyed, Mr. Hobbs notl-i fled his customers the regular auc tion sale which has been held every Wednesday since he opened his whooa’e business s me three or four years ago would go on, so on Wednesday hundreds of head of mules, horses, cows, sheep, goats, hogs were sold. As fast as possible the building will be built, aud will be more conveniently arranged than the old buildings were. In the meantime business will go on. Mr. Hobbs says. Private sales daily and auc tion sales every Wednesday. One Thousand Fans See Spring Horse Show Here While several hundred baseball fans were shivering at the Ball Park on Sunday afternoon, Just about 1,000 fans were getting the.r share if the cold weather at the Horse Show Ring where the Golds boro Horse Association held its an nua! Show. In spile of the cold the . show was one of the most sucoess | ful that the Association has held and entries were here from Kinston. Wilmington, Tarboro, Rocky Mount, Wilson, Raleigh, and other places in Eastern North Carolina. Winners of the Muiical Chair event one of the most interesting events of the day were: Billy Sut ton, first place, Vera Diehl of Wil j minHton took second place, Mimi We:l placed third and Joe Morrison of Wilmington, fourth Winers m the other classes were: Work hoi so, shown under halter, E. I Robinson (only entry) Mule, shown under halter, John F, Hobbs, all four placet. Colts, shown under halter, Clift Henderson, Tarboro, first. J. R Rog ; ers, Raleigh, second; Billy Sutton, j thud; A. H Handley, Jr., fourth. Children horsemanship, under ten years on ponies. Elizabeth Handley. 1 first; Joe Rosenthal, second; D. C. North. Jr., third. Miml Weil, fourth. Elve-gaited combined, mares, gel dings or stallioas, L. B. Jenkins, Kinston; first; A. H. Handley, sec ond; C. II. Henderson, third; Joe Morrison, fourth. Children's horsemanship, over 10. and under 16 on ponies or horses. Vera Diehl, Wilmington, first; Betty I Weil, second, Marilyn Handley. 3rd; Hffle Ruth Maxwell, fourth; Jack L’obb, fifth; Ann David, sixth. Open three-Kaited horse. Elizabeth Weil. Hist; Bob Gorham, Rocky Mount, second; Vera Diehl, tb.rd; Russell Stephenson, fourth Five-gaited ponies ridden by chil dren under 17; Albert Handley, Jr., first; Elizabeth Handley, second; Robert Holding, third; Joe Morri son. fourth; Mildred Lee, fifth, Ruth llookcr, Kinston, sixth. Owner's mount, open. Effte Ruth Maxwell, first; Joe Morison, Wil mington. second; Elizabeth Well, (Continued on page four) won CLUB HAS BENEFIT DANCE 01 US! EOIDAT NIGHT Dance and Bridge Party Held For Benefit of Club's Building Fund A Spring Festival, consisting of (lancing and bridge playing, was held at the Woman's Club Building in Goldsboro last Friday night. Purpose of the meeting war to raise money for the Club’s building fund TTie dance was from 9:30 to 1:30. There were around 150 cou ples present. Biidgc was arranged for those who cared to play. Hal Thurston's band of Rocky Mount played for the dar.ee. Reports said that $100 was clear ed to add to the building fund The building was decorated with evergreens and flowers appropriate for the occasion. Miss Gertrude Weil Itad charge of the decorations downstairs at the building. William Phipps Injured When He Hits Rear Truck Boy Rides His Bicycle Into the Rear of Truck Driven by Herman Hinson. William Phipps, ten year old Goldsboro boy, suffered injuries be lieved not serious late Wednesday afternoon, when he rode hi* bicycle into the rear of a truck driven by Herman Hinson He was taken to the Goldsboro Hospital toy Mrs. Jim Seymour, who saw the accident, and who took the number of the truck, which did not stop. The ac cident occurred at the comer of Park Ave and Leslie street. Hinson was called to the police department, Bud there he stated that he had rot known of the accident. Officers are investigating. ALLIES AND DENMAN FIGHTING IN NONWAY RECALLS WORLD WAR Struggle Far Supremacy -in Water* off Norway Suggest* World War Struggle. <E. P. Lupton) In view of the activities on the Eastern coast of Norway between the German and British fleets it might be interesting to the pcgbiic to refresh their minds somewhat about the Battle of Jutland that occurred March 31. 1M8 between the British Grand Fleet under Admiral Jellicoe and the German Hieh Seas Fleet under Admiral Von Scheer and the British Battle Cruiser Fleet under Admiral Beatty and the Ger man Bottle Cruiser Fleet under Ba ron Von Hipper. The combined Br.turh forces in this battle consist ed of 78 ships and the German com bined forces consisted of 61 ships. The British hod 18 battleships and 9 battle cruisers while the Germans had 22 battieships and 5 battle cruisers and each h*d several light cruisers. TTie British battle squad rons were credited with a speed of 25 knots while the fastest German battleships were credited with » speed of 20.5 knots. However in this connection when Admiral Beat ty was retreating he found it diffi cult to oiAdistancc Ihe German ships. From the beginning of the war up until the tune of the battle the Ger mans had avoided a general navy battle, keeping their main fleet un der the protection of fortified Island of Helgoland with ita adjoining mine fields. However, the Germans had on several occasions ventured out with light destroyer* and raided the English coast, the main purpose of these raids of course was to force the British Admirably to split their Grand Fleet into small detachments along the various places of the Eng lish Coast. However, the British Admirably dLd not split the Grand Fleet—similarly the British Cruiser Fleet repeatedly approached insight of the German detenses of Helgo land. hoping to Induce the German fleet to pursue o«d attack so the British Grand Fleet could engage them. On May 28, the British Admiralty learned from a German code book that was taken from a sunken Ger man ship that some movement on the part of the German fleet was immi nent. On the other hand the Ger mans sent 12 submarines to observt (Continued on paga flv«> | Allies And Germans Rush Troops To Norway Tryiny Take Scandinavian Areas Dr. S. B McPheeters Has Served In County \ Years Local Health Officer Has Had Wide Training and Ex perience In Work. HE IS A NATIVE OF STATE OF VIRGINIA At One Time He Did Health Work in the Philippine Islands In Army. j Dr. S B McPheoterA who has I been Goldsboro and Wayne County 1 Health Officer for the past four ! years, has had extensive training and experience in the field of ir.edi : CijlP1 Born in Rockbridge County, Vir ! gir.ia—the county in which is found the Natural Bridge—Dr- McPheet ; ers attended high school in Colum bia, South Carolina, at the Colum bia Presbyterian High School; grad uated from Washington and Lee I University In 1900; and graduated from the Washington Medical School of St. Louis, Mo., in 1906. He taught school in Smith Academy ( in St. Louis while pursuing hi* medical studies. He did his interna work at the St. Louis City Hospital, and follow ing the completion of this work he enlisted in the United States Army, serving about half of a three-years enlistment in this Philippine Islands m medical work. Following his return from the Philippine Islands he was not en gaged .n the practice of his profes sion for quite a wane uuc pw* health. Later he did a year's grad uate study at the Richmond Medi cal College, Richmond, Virginia, fol lowing which he served as resident physician at the Richmond Munici pal Tuberculous Senitorium. Going from Richmond for special study in tuberculosis at Saranac Lake. New York, one of the moat famous schools of its kind in the country. Dr. McPheeters returned to Virginia and became Associate Physician at Catawba Virginia State Sanitorium. He went from this place to Mont gomery, Alabama, to become Chief Clinician for the Alabama State Board of Health m the department devoted to tuberculosis control. He remained there until the depression forced the work to be closed, where upon he did post graduate work at Phipps Institute in Philadelphia and at Bellevue Hospital in New York City. From this special work he located In Charlotte, Ihis state, where he practiced for some time as a consultant In diseases of the chest. While in Charlotte he was appointed by the Governor of the State as Chairman of the Medical Advisory Board of the State Indus trial Commisison. a full time po sit.on. This office has now become Health Officer DR S B McPHEETERS known as the division of Industrial hygiene of the State BoaTd of Health. He had part in setting up the work in this department. From this work he went to the University of North Carolina and took special courses in public health, and from there he came to Wayne County to take charge of the work here April 15, 1936, almost exactly four years ago. Dr. McPheeters married Virginia Gibbs, who was born in Columbia, S. C , and who has had considerable experience in public health work herself. She has had considerable experience at ■ Red Cross nurse, having served for some time in the Philippine Islands. She also serv ed as director of Red Cross Nurses in the New England division In this country. Later in Canada she was recruiting officer for the Victorian Order of Nurses. Although both Dr. MqPheettrs and Mrs McPheeters lived in Co lumbia during their school days and later served in the Philippine Islands, it was not until later that they became interested In each oth er and were married. They have no children. Dr. McPheeters comes of a long line of ministers and educators. His grandfather, Samuel Brown Mor rison, for whom Dr. McPheeters is named, is said to have been the last physician to attend Stonew’all Jack son before his death. His mother’s people ure related to the Morrisons of this state, and his father was a minister arid teacher. Dr. McPheeters is an active mem ber of the First Presbyterian church, ar.d he is also a member of the local Kiwauis Club Candidates Filing With County Board Given Here A complete list of candidates for Wayne County was announced by J. H. Hawley, Sr., chairman of the County Board erf Elections, follow ing the close of filing time last Sat urday afternoon. Given below Is a list of those who filed for office with the local board: State Senate—Thomas O'Borry, and A. B. Culbertson, Democrats. Dr. H. B. Ivey, Republican, all Goldsboro. House of Representatives—J- Les lie Crowford. Fikeville, and W F. , Taylor, Goldsboro, Democrats; Pa j1 | Shackelford. Eureka, and Edwin Patten, Mt. Olive. Republicans. Register of Deeds—Mrs. Frank Andrews, Belfast, Geo. S. Heyward, j Roger C. Hinson. W E. Ormond. Democrats, all of Goldsboro; R. H. Cox, Princeton. RFD, Republican. County Commisioners—H. C. Dale. Seven Springs; W P. Grant, Golds boro. Route 4; Clarence Grantham. Four Oaks, lit. 1; Roland Gurley. Goldsboro. Kt 1; Dr. G F. Herring, Ml. Olive: J. I. Musgravc. Pikeville, M. Emmett Robinson. Goldsboro, Democrats. (I-ast five incumbents). G. W. Garris. Goldaboro. Rt 2; Robert B. Ivey, Goldsboro; R K Dewis, Mt. Olive; W J Perkins, i Goldsboro, Rt. 1; J Frank Smith, Goldsboro. Rt. 4. Republicans Surveyor - E. G. Porter, Golds 30 ro, Democrat Solicitor ot County Court- -Chas. P. Gaylor, Goldsboro, Democrat Board of Education—R. L. Cox, Mt Olive, L R. Jones, Eurka. tin :umbents), Democrats Towuhls CoDiUblM Brogdcn—Robert Matthews, Mt Olive. Democrat. Fork—A P Hines, Democrat. GoldSboro—W. F Cuddington, George A. Daly. Jesse W Stanley, all of Goldsboro. Democrats. Grantham—Jesse F. Denning. Four Oaks, RFD. Indian Springs—L. R. Cobb, Sev en Springs; Zeno A. Price, Mt. Olive. HFD. Democrats Xshunia—Arthur M. Fusscll. Fre mont, Walter D. Dawson, Eureka Democrats. New Hope—William Sutton. J. U Thompson. Ashley Whitley, Gdlds baro. Rt. 4, Democrats. Sauliton—John Henry Gurley Herman Roberts. Democrat*; Jamei P Smith. Republican. PikevUe—J Frank Mculngo, Dem ocrat. (Continued on back page) British Plants rmA WonUps Try to Drive German* Frees iron Port Narvik. GERMANS CLAIM A BRITISH SHIP SDK Large - Seals Showdown Be tween Allies and Germany Expected in Few Dots* ■ TP Over WGBR Teletype) April 17—5:30 P. M Bouh Germany and the Allies rushed reinforcement' to Norway today for a show-down fight as clashes occurred on the sea, in the atr and on land tn the bitter strag gle for the Scandinavian country. British planes and warships bom burled Norwegian coastal haves during the day while land totem sirovc to drive ti e Germans from the far northern area around the iron port of Naivlk. The British Alrr.irally announced that its warships oft the southwesrt ern tip of Norway had hurled a ter rific bom oar ament into the German held port of Stavanger. The bag guns of the British navy kept up a deadly fire against the German baa* for one hour and a half. The Nazi airport in the ctly was tbe principal target of the navai guns. German plar.es went aloft in an attempt to drive the British warships from Um strategic port. The British admiralty sa.d that one of its cruisers nau been hit and damaged during the Stavanker at tack The amou.icenvent said tbe warbhip was sole .0 continue its course. The Germans claimed that the British cruiser had been sunk and two other cru.scrs in a troop convoy were damaged. Earlier, tfle German new* agency had reported |^hat a British capital ship had been I bombed and set afire by Cue— planes. The Germans aiao claim j ed the sinking of a British destroyer by a submarine off the Shetland ’ Islands. The British admitted the 1 loss of the submarine Thistle. British planes also staged a raid on a German airbase at the Port of Trondheim where a new seaplar.e base was said to have been destroy ed. In the far north the German* re ported that reinforcements had been sent to Naxi troops cut off in ttuur garrison near Narvik. Presumably the deinforcemer.ts were flown into thi. arst *. there s no direct line of communicii.o. ... .and and th« British control .t. s.a around tin# port. The Ger.nsa. .Jit their small naval contir.rei.: .. Narvik a term days ago. Ber. i -n cunced officially ^ today that tr. esr-old navi hero. Captain Frederick Bor.te. r * been killed at :Nc. it .n the n* . battle against viStr .Ulterior Br is -warships. Norwegian troc-pa still held t .j-.-.ns hsjI Narvik alter British troops closed m on the German* .n .re north. Norwegian eamwc: Sets reported tl.at fighting cont.nuc.. cost of the ■vacuated city c-f '..ngs-. nger. where Norwegian -k; troops har rrsesd the advancing Germans. Thr Norwegians also eia tried to have ■* :ped out detachments ol Germans i landed front plane* ir. porachutev Nearer the center i f Norway, re ports from Stockholm said that Ger man bombing pin vs r ad ended 1 Norwegian resists tu. t on the Trond heim line after ormbing the fortress at liegra. Military observers predicted to night that a large-scale showdown between the Allies and Germany was unlikely before at least a week or longer. A German news agency reported that 12-inch batteries had been mounted at Oslo and that for mer Norwegian defenses along OLeo fjord had been comp.etely refitted. Many indications po nied tonight to an allied thrust into the heart of Norway from a point south of Trnn hclm not occupied L-y the Germans. British officials kepi silent regard ing their strategy Trnnsradio learn ed from authoritative source* in Sweden that the jli.es were plan ning a strong drive toward Domba* from Ai.daJsnos 100 mile* sou n f TVandlieim Dumbas is an import ant railroad junction on the m Oslo-Trondheim lute through Ci - tral Norway Reports reacl'i',t Sweden said that British troop® a. ready had bean landea at AndaUrcs i from troop ahips. Military leaders said that If the Allies could concentrate a suffici ently lag* forca in this ares they (Continued on back pa^e)
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