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The Goldsboro Herald
"Wayne County's Leading Weekly Newspaper"
VOLUME XVII—Number 52
Goldsboro, N. C., Thursday, April 25, 1940
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II. M. GILLIKIN DIES
OF HEART ATTACK;
FUNERAL WEDNESDAY
Prominent Citizen Found Dead
w At Court Houze Where
He Was on Jury.
U M. GUlikn, 70, prominent
Goldsboro citizen and high in fra
^ temal organizations of the State.
• was found dead In the men's rest
room of the Wayne court house
about 3 r>0 Monday afternoon. Ap
parently he had been dead about an
hour. He had been ill with heart
trouble for several weeks, and his
death is believed to have resulted
from a heart attack He was serv
ing a; a )uror In civil court Mon
day.
Mr. Gitlikin was a native nf
Morehead City, and had lived In
Goldsboro lor aiiout 43 years,
where he conducted a fish market
He was a member of St Paul Meth
odist church, and was formerly
president ot the Bnraca Class.
He was a 32nd degree Mason, a
Shrlner, a charter member of Su
dan Temple, president of the Golds
boro Masonic Holding Corporation.
* past master of Wayne Lodge A. F.
arid A M.. past llir.h Priest of
Goldsboro Chapter No 29 Royal
Arch Masons, past Eminent Com
mander of Goldsboro Chapter 20
« Knights Templar.
He was hisd". Ir» the Junior Order,
snd was a past State Councilor. He
was a member of the Odd Fellows
and Pythiar.s. For ter. years be
served as director of the A ic N. C.
Railroad, and for ten years on the
board of Goldsboro city aldermen.
Surviving are his widow; four
8or.s, Charles Gillikin of Richmond,
Va:, Paul of Kinston. Lester of
<v Goldsboro, and John Wrenn Gil
Ukir. of BiR Stone Gap. Va.: two
brothers. S W. and M. C. Oilllk-n,
of Morehead: one sbter, Mrs. Ida
Wilhs of Morehead; three grand
^ children, and several nieces and
nephews one of whom is Claude
Gillikin of Kenly, whom he educat
ed and who had lived with him.
Active pallbearers were mem
bers of the Goldsboro Comrr.andery
of Knights Templars
Honorary: W. A Deea, M. N. np
s'.rin, H. H. Jenkins. George W.
Waters. Sr., C M. Averv. E. R
Buchan of Kinston. Chas. S Wal
lace of Morehead City, L. A. Haney
of Wilmington, officers of the Jr.
Order. Drs. W H. Smith, and M. E.
Bizzell. Hugh Waldrop, L. W. Rich
ardson, Judge Luther Hamilton, of
Morehead City, City Manoger Zeno
Hollowell. Mayor J. H. Hill, L. O,
Rhodes. D. C. Humphrey, Chief of
Police E. J Tew; Dr. F. L. Whelp
ley, Roy M. Purser, J- B. Grantham,
i Herny Belk, C. G. Smith, M. Sher
man: Capt. Sam Moore, J. N. Charl
ton, Capt. J. C. Davis, George
j Spence, Jim Crawford. T. L. G11H*
♦ kin, Dr. S. E. Malone, J. R. R3per,
Wiley W. Andrews, T. J. Casey;
A. T. Gillikin, Jr., W. H. Langston,
Col. John D. Langston, Ben Cam
pen, Sr.
J. Frank Mclnnls
Heads Rotary
■J, Frank Mclnnis, local attorney,
has been named president of the
Goldsboro Rotary Club for 1910-41,
to succeed J. N. Smith, who has
served during the pasL year.
^ Other officers elected to serve
‘ during the new year (beginning
July 1 are; Frank .Seymour, vice
president; James Butler, secretary;
Harry Null, treasurer; Clarence
Peacock, sergeant at arms; Mlcah
Pate, Ed Brown and Henry Belk,
directors.
Dr. Corbett E. Howard gave an
Ulustra^ed lecture on cancer as
the cheif feature at the program
R. R. Smiley won the attendance
prise given by Bert llawkins.
Miss Mary Langston
Named NCEA Workei
t --
M:ss Mary Langston, daughter ol
Col. ond Mrs. J, D. Langston ol
Goldsboro, has been named Field
Secretary of the Classroom Teach
l0 ers Department of the North Caro
lina Education Association, accord
ing to information conveyed to her
this week by Mrs. Annie H. Swin
dell of the N.C.E.A.
Miss Langston is expected to take
up her new work In June. She ti
now a teacher in the Goldsboro
school, and the spring term will
close in June.
This is a new position created this
year, and Mu* Langston is the first
Fteld Secretary to serve.
Negroes Of County
Do Wonders Aiding
In School Situation
Nogroes of County Have Fur
nished Labor For Building
Seven Rooms in Year.
DEMOLISHED OLD SCHOOLS
TO GET USEFUL MATERIALS
During Posit Six Years They
Have Matched Funds To
Buy Six Busses.
Negroes In the rural sections of
Wuync cr>unty should be highly
C'ornmonded for the work which
they have done to better their
school facilities in the county ac
cording to officials who have fol
lowed tneir efforts to provide bel
ter schools for themselves.
During the present school year
tie colored folks of Wayne county
tuive built for themselves seven
school rooms as additions to al
roatfv cx.sting schools, or.d during
the past s.x years the colored peo
ple of the county have matched
county funds to purchase six buss
es on which to transport their high
school children to the colored h.gh
'chools of the county.
In the case ol building school
room., what the colored people
have done is to demolish abandon
ed schools and use the materials
for bu.ld.ng rooms to the schools
which are being used and which
need to be enlarged.
According to County Superinten
dent J W. Wilson, the colored peo
ple have contributed their labor in
tearing down and rebuilding struc
tures which are worth nothing ‘.o
tne county in the.r old locations
but which have a 100 percent value
when added to schools which are
being used "Far instance,” said
Mr. Wilson, "the county sold one
two-room school building and the
land on which it stood for
which showed it was worth but lit
tle; but that same material moved
nnfl added to a building which
needs to be enlarged would be
worth as high as $1500.”
i lnc Negroes have ccmiriouiea <tu
j the labor needed In demolishing and
| rebuilding school houses with the
j exception ot a little of the brick
; work and most of the roofing work.
In putting on the roofs expert roof
ers were needed.
Some of the colored people who
could not contribute work to the
projects in hand have sent money
with which to have a part in pro
viding better buildings for them
selves.
Three rooms were built at the
Eureka colored school from ma
terials taken from a building de
molished at Faro, Dudley folks took
down the abandoned Buckhom
school and added two rooms to the
Dudley school; and the folks of the
Central High School community In
New Hope township tore down the
Palelown colored school and add
ed two rooms at Central.
What happens is that attendant
drops in some of the smaller school!
and the state fails to provide teach'
ers on account of the lack of suifi
cient attendance; then the building!
arc left idle and worthless. Ir
that kind of a situation Wayne
county negroes are tearing down
these abandoned buildings and re
constructing them where they ar<
needed.
The change at Eureka enabled lh<
school there to become a sevet
teacher elementary school.
The County Board of Educatiof
has given the old Saulston schoo
to the Negroes of northern Wayni
county to be used in constructing t
hig school to serve the north ant
northwestern sections of the coun
ty when a proper location of thi
school is decided upon. Centra
High School take* care of the higl
school students in the eastern par
of the county and Mt. Olive take:
care of those in the southern sec
tior; but those in the northern anc
northwestern sections have m
county high school available; how
ever, some of the parents have beer
so determined that tliey have Beni
their children to school ond pale
board so that they might have th<
advantages denied them at home.
Market cost of the average room;
such as the Negroes have construct
cd this year is about $800, and th<
colored folks have taken the olr
material ana built the'ie units wit)
no cost to the county other thnr
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Goldbugs Manager
Here is the picture of Mack Ar
tette. manager of the CJoidbugs lor
'.he current seasun- Mack, a veter
an ;n the game, has been playing in
organized ha’.i since He has
manager a number of teams, and
during part of last season he was
on third base for the Bugs and lie
contributed much to the success of
the team. He bails from Valde-sa,
but he was born and reared in Dur
, ham.
St. Mary's Holds
Annual Students'
Exhibit Next Week
Saint Mary's Parochial School
1 will hold its Annual Students Ex
hibit on Monday, Tuesday and Wed
nesday of next week.
The exhibit will be comprised of
the work completed by the students
oi the school during the past school
year and will show a summary of
ttw training which the students
‘ have received
The work of all the grades in the
school from the kindergarten to the
ninth grade will be on exhibit on
these three days, and the public is
cordially invited to attend the ex
hibit.
The school will be open on these
| days from 3:00 p. m to o:00 p. m.
1 and also from 7:00 p. tn. 1o 9:00 p. m.
Dr. Townsend Speaks
To Crowded House in
Address in Goldsboro
Dr. Zmo Spencu. Candidate
For CoagrM*. Brings Dr.
Townsend to County.
Dr Franc!* E. Townsend, founder
and president of the Townsend
Plan, ..poke to a crowded courtroom
In the Wayne court house in Gold*
boro Saturday night AL1 seat* were
fllied. many people stood, and am
plifier* were used that those out
side might hear. Many other cities
ar.d town* were represented.
When Dr Townsend appeared in
the court room he was greeted by
enthusiastic applause and cheering.
A local band played several num
bers. The night program was pre
ceeried in the afternoon by a pa
rade by local bands, ar.d by ci'irens
bearing banners.
Dr. Zeno B Spence of Goldsboro,
candidate for congress from the
Third IJistrirt, introduced Dr,
Townsend. and also Introduced
Robert Monchen, secretary to Dr.
Townsend, who spoke preceding the
principal address.
I>r. 1.1 wn send, after reviewing
the fundamentals of the program
he has advocated for tin year .
stated that there were now 10 000
Townsend Clubs ir, the United
Stales, and that "we are practically
doubling our memlH.Ttl.ip every
month.’’
He said uie prospects were daily
growing brighter, since ‘'we have
many more advocates in the House
of Representatives than we had in
the last session.'’
"We arc r.o rarket," he sail.
“Our books arc audited monthly
and annually by ci : epresenat'.ve of
one of the best auditing concerns
.n Ch.caito. We invite investigation
■of our buoks."
T!ie speaker explained that the
source of income for the plan, ac
cording to the new and revised
plan, would be a lax on incomes on
all individuals and producing con
cerns of $250 per month
He decried the injustice of the
Government in its so called Social
Security, which leaves out the mil
lions of farmers, housewives, pro
fessional men, and low inenme peo
ple Also he pointed out the injus
tice of the Federal government n
giving $10 a month to old people
in California, even tbo:-* not needy,
while in North Carolina it pays
only $5, and in Arkansas, only $3.
and said that the money paid in
California is raised by taxing the
people of the entire United States,
i "Why." he asked, "should a re
, tired member of the Supreme Court
j receive a pension of $20,000 a year,
I a retired army officer a good pen
sion. and the farmer who raised
the food for the people, receive
nothing?"
About 10 percent of the people
are over 90, the speaker said, and
the estimated amount to be paid to
each is $50 per month.
A billion baby bees have been
sent north from southern states to
rep’enish winter losses and to start
new colonies.
Italy Reported Ready To Enter
War On Side Of Germany As Hot
Contests Are Waged By Powers
Col. J. D. Langston Is Man
Of Ability And Convictions
H« Bogan Practicing Law in
1905: Has Boon in Golds
boro Since 1910.
SERVED IN WORLD WAR
WITH DISTINCTION
Loyal 1o His Party and to His
Church. But Hess Convic
tions ol His Own.
Col. John D Langston senior
member of one of the leading law
firms in Eastern Carolina, is a man
why loves Ini church and his party,
but. who has convictions all his own,
whether or not they coincide wi;h
the genera Jy accepted views of his
church and party leaders
"1 sell only my legal services lo
my clients, and retain the right to
do my own thinking in regards to
questions which may arise in ray
party, church or other affairs , Col.
Langston states.
liavmg begun the pract ce of law
in Mt. Olive in J9M, Col. Langston
came lo Goldsboro in August of 1910
ar.d has been here since that time.
He—John Dallas Langston is his
full name —was born in Aurora,
Beaufort County, in 1861 the son of
George Dallas and Sadie Anne Gibbs
Langston.
lie attended high school it. Vil
minglon and at Trinity Park High
School, in Durham He received h.s
A. B degree from Trinity College
in 1903 sod was a student in law at
the University of North Carolina
ir, 1904 He was admitted to me bar
In 1905 and began his .aw practice
in Mt. Olive.
Alter coming to Goldsboro he
formed a law partnership with Ma4t
Allen and ;n 1914 W. F. Taylor was
admitted to the Arm. When Malt
Allen moved to Raleigh, his cous
in, W R. Allen, already working
with the firm, was admitted to part
nership in 1923.
col. Langston has rieia many posi
tions of honor. He served for *
year as chairman of the State Board
of Elections, was chairman of the
district exemption board in 1*17;
was commissioned a Major in the
Army on December 4. 1917; became
I-icuteant Colonel in Judge Advo
cate General'9 Department in Au
gust 1919; served as chairman of
the Draft Board for North Carolina
December 1917 to September 1919,
when he trsssfcrrcd to Washington
where he served as Chief of Classi
fication 3nd Deserters Division of
Provost Marshal: General's Depart
- MB
Shown above are the pitchers ol
i the Goldsboro pitching staff—with
; '.rx.' exception ot Ed Chapman, mcm
! her ol last year's staff, who was
not on the field when the picture
! wu made. The league ploy opens
today at Snow Hill, 4 P- nri.. with,
the second game holnt! played pi j
the new- stadium at Goldsboro on'
Friday night at 6 p. m.
The piteliers shown here, named
from left to right, are: front row,,
Clarence Anderson, Murray Wade
fIX'lbert Klger, George Woodcnd;
back row. Jack Tadeski, Waltei
Wilson. Louts Anschultr, Jame?
Hammond.
Local Attorney
COL J. D LANGSTON
m-e.-il He was later transferred to
the clemency div.s.on. He resigned
;r< October 1919 and resumed Lit
prartice of Ian in Goldsboro.
He was awarded the Distinguish
ed Servire Mecia! for his services
during the World War. He .s o
1 Cticr'ei in the V. S. Reserves.
Twloa Col Langston has served
1 on the board of trustees of the
Goldsboro schools, or.ce before the
war for a short time, and then he
1 was reelected to the board in 191S
| and ha* continued or. the board un
' til I he present time. He is a mem
I ber of the Duke Alumn: Association
I and served as its president in 1926
!2T
He is a member of Omicron Del
ta Kappa and Pi Kappa Alpha fra
ternities; is a Dcmorcat and a Meth
odist, and served on the board of
stewards for about 2(1 years until
he asked to be relieved of the du
ties; be is a Mason, a member of the
Junior Order. Although active in
the affairs of his party as a worker
for others, he has never sought of
fice but one time, that in 192B when
he ran for lieutenant-governor.
He is an ardent dry.
He is listed in Who's Who In
America, a publication listing emi
nent Americans.
Col. Langston married Mary Wil
liams Williamson of Mt. Olive in
1904 and they have the following
children: John Dallas. Jr, William
Dortch. Mary Williamson, Dorothy
and Elizabeth Carolyn.
Rampant River Is
Threatening Ohio
and Kentucky Area
Ohio River Reaches 60-Fool
Stage As Residents Are
Driven From Homes.
(TP Over WGBR Teletype)
The rampant Ohio river ap
proached the 60-foot stage today,
threatening to flood Kentucky and
Ohio towns between Ashland and
Cincinnati.
Business was paralyzed in Cincin
nati as the rising river flooded
many buildings in the business dis
trict forcing jobbers and merchants
to vacate their quarters. Residen
tial areas along the centers! water
front were inundated. The weather
forecast of rain in Cincinnati today
led to fears that the river would
continue to rise. Thus far. approx
imately 500 families have been
forced to flee their homes.
Similar flood conditions were re
ported at towns between Cincinnati
and Ashland. Ky. The town of
Ca.iforuia, Ky., was paralyzed by a
thorlage of drinking water. Red
CAoss officials rushed emergency
supplies to the town by truck as a
precautionary measure against ty
phoid.
RECORD
A new enrollmec' neok in 4-fc
Club work was reached last ycai
with mure than 1,981.500 boys anc
1 girls belonging to 70,500 clubs in the
United States and the territories
; Unconfirmed Reports State
Italy May Enter War About
the 10th oi Mary.
GERMANY REPORTED
READY ENTER SWEBI
Violent Battle Rages Far Pos
session of Strategic Points
In Norway Waters.
(TP Over WGBR Teletype)
The most violent battle of tbe
^Norwegian campaign wai raging
tonight for possession of the strateg
ic town of Steinkjer at the head of
Trondheim Fjord A struggle of
first class proportion' was consid
ered likely before e'lher side es
tablished undisputed control of the
town which lie- (id miles north ol
the German tiri>i f'.. ■'J at Trond
heim.
Allies and Norif gion forces
withdrew from Stein';;,cr yesterday
after German destroyers and planes
had subjected the town to wither
ing gunfire while Nasi land forces
attacked from the south. But to
night’s commuinque from the Lon
don war office indicated that the
Allies were again in control of the
Stfeir.kjer area. Said the Berlin
armour.cement: “Ir. the Trondheim
area the counter-attack which was
refered to yesterday v.as delivered
by a considerable number of Ger
man troops lard?-; f rcr ships with
in Trondheim F ■ r . After some
sharp flgntlng c..r trec-ps succeeded
jn restablish u» the situation."
Tr.e British ai>o r'aimed to have
control of two .a . Oftd* leading
; south from Trondheim to Oslo. The
.mporlant railrcad (unction at Dom
bas has been badly damaged by
German a.r ra.ds and many build
ings ir. the town were afire tonight.
The Germans were sl.ll strongly
entrenched In Trondheim but ai
ded spokesmen said their position
was very precarious
A
Considerable ngtiting also was re
ported farther south toasy tu; . •
al claims made the situation some
what obscure. Norwegian source;
said their forces in the southeast
were being continually reinforced
1 by Allied troops and that they were
. making a stand at O.-en. 2S nolle
! north of Hveni"’ 5 id were re;
i ganzing the.r line- near Lilleham
mer. The Gcrntrr.? reported that
strong Nazi co' •:■ :.} were advanc
ing northward o- both banka tf
Lake M;osa al crushing Allied
resistance S'* > 5 mrces said 1
German vangur.rd -d reacher*
vicinity of Kopps: - r.O miles n- *
' of Elverum anti ...at an A:. *
j force was push r.~. southward
meet this German - iv mice. Sw* -
1 ish sources also eo rfpd that
1 Norwegian colurn- had defeated a
j German f;-rcc at Trvsil. nrr-.hcasl
1 of Elverum near the Swedish bor
| drr. More than 200 Germans were
said to have be * a. ir d ..1 this
| engagement.
Ir. *he far nor1 ti?"c v.'s.s 1;
| actively around N : •vi e:e th.
had been a severe snowfall during
recent day*. The Allies arc stiii
land.rig slrontf reinfrrcemer.ts on
the northern jiro-ti
Sensational ru.rvs '*e:< cp.rr,.d
tonight by a T. ^ h re tv 5 service
that next Saturc-sy had been ?
lectcd as tile dale ft>r a German
' invasion of Sweden and that Italy
! was expected to enter the war oa
the German side on May 10th. The
rumors followed reports that an
other German force had been load
I ed aboard transport ships at Baltic
ports across from Sweden and that
ice-braakars were included in the
convoy. Considerable nervousness
also was caused in Sweden tonight
by reports of Great German activ
ity ir. the Danish Is.and of Bc.i.:
holm, which is only 10 minute fly
ing time away from Swedish -aval
bane at Karlskrona.
A possible Nazi Invasion of Swe
den took a new vlar.t today when
usually well-informed British son
oes in London sa.d Russia had" »n*
formed Britain that any inva? ri
of Sweden would brine msta '
1 port from Russia to Swede.’ _ •>
statement was considered s w ^ .
mg to bo1h Germany and thf A ■
lies Such a warning from Mcsr. e
would be a strong check r»n ai y
I ambitions for extending the Scan
- dinavian campaign to Sweden Rus
I sia alto was reported to look w:.0
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