The Goldsboro Herald
"Wayne County's Leading Weekly Newspaper"
VOLUME XVIII—Number 5
Goldsboro. N. C» Thursday. May 30, 1940.
Price 5 Cento
JMKHTH SEWS
TO HAVE EDGE II
RUN-OFF PRIMART
Experience oi Poet Indicates
That Leader In First Race
Wins Second.
Raleigh, May 29 — Unless there is
a sharp reversal of form, J M
Broughton of Raleigh will be North
Xlarohna’s next governor. Since
■^916 when the present primary sys
tem was established, the high man
In the first gubernatorial primary
invariably hat defeated the runner
up. Except in one instance he not
only has achieved victory but has
Increased his margin between the
.gjrst and second primaries
* The exception came in 1932 when
Dick Fountain cut the Ehringhsus
lead from <1.671 to 13,094 in the
runoff primary. In that campaign
there was a clear issue between
Fountain and Ehruighaus.
In all other second primary bat
tles the winner of the first primary
has been swept into office by a
sizable margin. In the famous 1920
campaign, for Instance, Cameron
Morrison led O. Max Gardner by
bws than 100 votes in the first gu
bernatorial primary. Four weens
later in the runoff the margin was
increased to 9.259 votes.
In 1924 A W. McLean defeated ,
losiah W. Bailey decisively. In 1928
^ ?ardn»r was nominated without op
position. Then followed the Ehr
lnghaus-Fountaln battle of 1932.
Four years later in 1936 Clyde R.
Hoey Increased his first primary
lead of 4,466 votes over Dr. Ralph
McDonald to 51.960 in the runoff
In Saturday’s gubernatorial pri-l
mary Mr. Broughton, running
•gainst six opponents, polled ap
nroxLmately a third of the entire I
^ote and ran more than 30,000 voters
ahead of hi* closest rival. His
margin of victory waa the greatest,
ever polled In a multiple contest
ich as was conducted last Setur
such
«i^y.
Martin Serves 38
Years As Official
In County Election
S. J. Martin, 80, of Eureka.,
Warn* county, i* believed to have
a record of the longest continuous
service of a precinct registrar In
Wayne county and even In North
Carolian. He has held this position
for 38 years.
Registrar Martin, 'who is a Demo- (
crat, says he remembers registering
at least one negro under the “Grand
father Clause" in 1902. Another
Pgro of the Eureka section was
eligible for registration under the!
clause, but was drowrved in Neuse
river before his name could be
•titered on the books, Mr Martin
Martin is a farmer of recog
nized ability In his section. He is
in good health and says he plows
every day during the season.
1
Grand Jury Calls
Attention To The
i Slow Court Action
'’Wasted Tims” is Getting th*
Cases Before the Grand Jury
Is Mentioned In Report
^Wasted time" in the machinery
of Wayne Superior Court was one
of the item* stressed in the grand
Jury’s report made Wednesday be
fore Judge C. E. Thompson of Eliza
beth City.
The report stated that there I*
much delay In some of the oases to
go before the grand jury, with wit
nesses not being present for some
of the cases
The report also called attention to
the fact that three children have
died of diphtheria in this county
within the past eleven months, and
the juror* expressed the opinion
ti^jt these children mfght have been
■Aed had parents had them vacci
nated as the last grand jury recom
mended.
Tourist camps in the county were
viewed and it was found that some
of^them were not keeping proper
registration bocks, while one was
found operating without a license
Those who did not have registration
books promised to get them at ones
The jury recommended that all
reports of the grand Jury, beginning
with January 1B30, be kept in a loose
l«f.f binder s® that they will be ac
cessible to future Juries or others
who may wish to refer to them.
Report of the Jury wa* signed by
M A Shaver, chairman.
SPEAKERS FOR N. C. COTTON CO OP MEET I
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GRAHAM BARDEN
Approximately 3.000 farmers and
farm women are expected to gather
1 in Raleigh on Wednesday, June 3,
for the annuel meeting of members
i of (he North Carolina Cotton Grow
ers Cooperative Association nnd pa
trons of the Farmers Cooperative
M. G MANN
Kxchangc. Congressman Graham A.
Barden of the third North Carolina 1
district will be the principal speak-j
er ar.d M. G. Mann, general manager
of the two cooperatives, will report
on the past year's operations of the
Cotton Association and the PCX.
Wayne Will Send Delegates !
To Cotton Cooperative Meet|
Wayne county will send 100 dele-,
cates to the combined annual meet
i
ini of members of the North Caro-j
line Cotton Growers Cooperative:
Association and patrons of the Far-j
mers Cooperative Exchange In Ra
leigh, Wednesday, June 5, accord
ing to word received here today
from M- G Mann, general manager
I of the two co-operatives.
The meeting, which Is Held an
nually. wilt start In the Raleigh Me
I morlal Audit',rium promptly at 10
o'clock and arangements have batn
made to t.'Ve care of an expected
crowd-of 5,*00 farmers and farm
' women representing every section
of the State. The State-wide gatfc
! ering climaxes a series of W local J
'meetings at which delegates were
selected. I
Congressman Graham Barden of
the third North Carolina district
will deliver the principal address
I His subject wilt be: “How National!
Legislation and Farm Cooperatives
Can Aid the Farmer" I
A full and detailed report on last1
year's operations of both the Cotton!
Association and the FCX will be
presented to the assembled members i
by Mr. Mann and the meeting will
then be thrown open for a general!
discussion from the floor.
One of the highlights of the day
will be the Induction Into office of
the directors of the two organize- [
tions. W W. Andrews, of Golds
boro ia one of the directors of the
Colton Association for the coming
year.
"W« hope to hav< «v»iy county in
the State represented as wall as a
numfoer of FCX patrons from South
Carolina," Mr. Mann said as ha is
sued • blanket invitation for all co
operative merrfbers to be present and
learn more about their farmer-own*
•d and fanner-controlled co-opera
tives—the Cotton Association and
the PCX.
Wake Forest College Gets
A Valuable Art Collection
I
Wake Forest, May 29.—An art col
l lection, valued at approximately
$150,000, has been presented to Wake
Forest College by Dr T. d. Simmons
of Gainesville, Ge., President Thur
man Kilchin disclosed tonight. The
1 gift was formerly accepted by the
board of trustees today at their-an
nual meeting. „•
Dr. Simmons is president emeritus
and professor of philosophy at Bre
nau College, Ga.
1 'Die rare collection, of 150 can
vases from scores of internationally
celebrated artists will be housed In
| a special section of the new $250,000
chapel building. Dr. Simmons, Wake
Forest alumnus of the class of 1883,
Is a son of a former professor of the
I college. Dr. W. G. Simmons.
In accepting the gift. Wake Forest
falls heir to what has been referred
I to in an editorial in The Atlanta
j Journal as "the finest collection of
: paintings connected with any col
! lege or university In America." It
was presented by a man whose life
and experiences have been a virtual
; odyssey of adventure. This discrim
| Seating collector of art and world
traveler began years ago to acquire
bite of art in home and foreign
lands- Die results of his work have
I been exhibited for several years in
1 G-alhesvIUe.
.Since the collection has been on
display it has been accorded praise
from-, outstanding art critics of Atn
I erica. Included among the selections
I are works from artists of practical*
1 jy all nationalities, ranging from
Karloff's "Late Evening in Winter”
to * very exact copy at Leonardo da
Vinci’s "The Last Stopper."
Thimas J. Simmons was born at
Wake Forest In 18M, the son of the
jxrofeasor of physics at the Baptfst
institution. His earlier training was
received in a private academy here.
Upon completion at his preliminary
training, he entered Wake Forest and
was awarded an A.M. degree in June,
1683
His professional career has been
varied. For a while he taught in the
public schools of Fayetteville and
; Durham In I860 he went to Geor
gia to become principal of the pub
.1
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(Continued cn back page)
Election Returns
For complete tabulated re*
turn* of the primary election
on last Saturday please turn
to txnje 4, where you will be
able to see histj^ow all can
didates ran, according to of
ficial tabulation.
Miss Sarah Glisson
Represents The City;
Miss Sarah Glisson. senior in.the,
GoldSboro High School, was ap-!
pointed by Mayor J. H. Hill on
Wednesday to represent Goldsboro
at the Sixth Annual Strawberry Fes
tival to be held in Wallace this week.
Miss Gli**011 will take part in
the coronation ceremony to be held'
at the festival Thursday night. May j
30, and will attend several functions |
planned in honor of the sponsors.
She Is the daughter of Mrs. Pearl
C. Glisson of GoldAoro.
The festival queen will be crown
ed by Governor Clyde ft. Hoey.
Allies Fight to Escape Closing Jaws
Of Nazi Trap Laid in Flanders Fields;
French Claim Many Germans Taken
French Troop* Capture a Bridge-;
head on Southern Bank
oi Somme River.
BRITISH AND FRENCH
MANEUVER TO COAST
French Navy I* Giving Power-1
iul Support To Allied Forces
Seeking Roliei
Paris, May 29.—'TP--The French
High Command reported *ju night
that several hundred German pris
iners had been taken when French |
troops captured a bridgehead today
on the southern bank; ol the Somme |
river.
'Hie nightly war commur.i<iue|
said that in the north British and
French troop* were striving to ma-1
neuver toward the coast at the I
price u! severe fighting.
After reviewing Use situation
created by the surrender ot King
Leopold and his army, the communi
que said:
"From then on our troop*, under ]
command of Genera] George* Blan-'
chard and Adolphc-Fcllx Prioux and j
in close collafooration with the I
British army of General Lord Gorti
had to face an increased danger.
"Showing indomitable resolution
under these grave cireumitasce*,
they are striving to maneuver to
ward the coast at the price ot the
severest fighting."
Continuing Its deacriptlon orf the
Flanders situation, the communijue
•aid. i
“The French rup-y is rendering
them powerful support in the de
fenst of ports and communication
routes. Under the commend of Ad
miral Afcrlal. It Is operating with a
very large number of ship* to sup
ply the fortified position a* Dunlrer
Jue and the troops depending on it.
The cooperation of army end naval
aviation continues without interrup
tion/'
Concerning operations on the
Somme, the cormunique said:
"On the Somme front, the dogged
attack of our troops enabled us to-I
day to reduce a bridegh**d occu
pied by the enemy south of the
river. We took several hundred
prisoners. There is nothing import
ant to report from the re»t ot the
front"
!
Stanley-Y el verton
Plans For Opening
Next Wednesday1
Star.ley-Yelverton Funeral Home
will observe the formal opening
Its new home at the corner orf James,
and Chestnut streets on next Wed-1
nesday, June 5th.
The date. June 5th, has been set
for the formal opening as it is the j
birth date of the late Carl E. Stan-1
ley. who founded the Stanley Fun
eral Home in 1898, and who operated
it until his death.
The Stanley-Yelverton Funeral
Home, operated by Francis Stanley, j
son o< the founder, and Ralph Yel
verton, is one of the most modern
in this part of the state. large
dwelling at the northwest Intersec
tion of James and Chestnut streets
has been remodeled and reflnisfoed
inside and out to make tt a beauti
ful building for a funeral home, and
now' this establishment is prepared
as never before to serve the people
oJ this section.
DO YOU REMEMBER THESE MEN?
I
This picture was taken in the o1<Ji
Messenger Opera House, located at
j the rorth-esstern istersection of
Center and Chestnut street* in Gold*-1
boro—and now converted Into store ,
buildirvgs. on the evening of the,
•lection in 1890.
H B Parker, standing at the left,
is reading the news of Grover Cleve-^
! lorvd's election Mr Parker was sec- j
cretary of the County Democratic |
Executive Committee. In the fore-1
ground, center, is Col. A. C. Davis,
| number 7 tn the picture; to the right,
sitting in the armchair, is the late
' Governor Charles B Aycock, num
ber 12 Captain Nathan O'Berry,
number i, is seen rifting ju*t back,
of the table; W. H. Smith is the;
gentleman Kitting at the left and of
(he table with hi* arms resting on I
it. He is number 2 in the picture.
Judge Allen is seen standing in the
boc*k row, just over Col. Davis and i
Mr O'Berry: his number is 6 Num-J
her 3 in the back row. the flrsrt man ,
to the left facing the front, i* the,
late L. M Michaux, who at one time
was postmaster in Goldsboro: num
ber 9, directly over the head at Col.
Davis and standing to Judge Allen's
left. Is Col. W. T. Dirteh. Number
13. just above Governor Aycock's
head, u A. Roecower, editor of the
GoldMsoro Headlight.
Others In the jyicture are not
identified. If some reader knows
the Identity of the others, the editor
, would be glad to have the informa
1 tion. The man standing at the es*
i tx«mc right in the back row was the
1 Western Union operator of the time.
Hitler May , Be Right In j
Saving War To End Early
(By Ellis P. Lupton)
The rapid advance and hard blows
• struck by the Germans and the sur
render of King Leopold of the en
tire Belgium army emphasises the
possibility that Hitler might have,
been right when he said the war
would end by early Autumn
It seems incredible that one in
so high a command could so far
forget himself as to surrender his
1 country's freedom and betray Ms
| allies to an enemy.
It is a puzzling fact that interna-1
: tional conduct is often judged by
I lower standards than the acts of i
'individuals. We Americans cannot:
! conceive of our leaders surrender-.
ing our rights and liberties to any
one for If the leader has any func
tion in society It is to preserve a'
cool and unbiased judgment in the
face otf all solicitations to passion
and oilers of great reward.
It is ridiculous for me to criticize
the works of King Leopold III, but
one cannot but think that there was
some underlying reason for his
strange behavior and wonder If the
Influence of his father in-law- King
Gustav V of Sweden was not the
controlling factor in his pusillani-.
mous conduct.
In 1830 Napoleon published in,
Paris 70 Maxims of War, two of|
(Continued on back page)
EDITORIALS
PRIMARY IMPROVEMENTS
The primary of last Saturday is now over,
and from all reports it went off quietly through
out the State. Due mainly to the fine work ot
W. H .Lucas, chairman of the State Board oi
Elections, we have heard of but little of irregu
I larities in this primary.
' Reforms brought about by the State Board ot
1 Elections have improved our primary system.
Certainly the doing away with the absentee
ballot and markers has done much to do crway
with fraud in our elections. It is not now easy
for a candidate or his workers to buy votes
and then make suro tha‘. Ihey are properly de
livered. We hope that Chairman Lucas and
his fellow workers will continue their efforts
' until crookedness in our elections is complete
ly outlawed.
The most outstanding Irregularity wo have
heard about during the primary just closed,
was that disclosed in the Third Congressional
District where a package of official ballots were
found in the possession of Charles L. Aber
nethy. Jr- one of the candidates for Congress.
Certainly wo do not know how these ballots
came into the possession of Abemethy, but we
are quit® sure that he was in illegal possession
of Lhem- We hope that Chairman Lucas will
not rest until he has gone to the bottom of this
matter and has seen that the courlB have meted
out proper punishment to the guilty parties.
If Mr. Lucas will do this, he will go a long
way toward creating a wholesome respect for
the election laws of this State.
It isn't enough to reason that the primary's
over and that nobody was especially harmed
by the illegal possession of primary ballots.
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savEiia whuh
mm sin 1
m n no
Negro Kills Man and Woman
Altar Woman Shows Atten
tion To Another Man.
SyHester Woodard, 32, negro, who
on Friday mornli^ shot end killed j
two negroes. Lillie Bell Townsend
and George How-ell, both 25. at
tempted suicide in the Wayne coun
ty jail just after midnight Sunday j
morning by cutting deep gashes in j
both sides of his neck ar.d his left
arm with a safety razor blade- He
Is in the Ooldaboro Hospital.-'
Dr. S- B. McPheeters, Wayne sup
erintendent of health, said that
Woodard escaped death by the fact
that the blade missed the jugular
vein in his r.eck and also by de
creasing blood pressure. When found
about 5:30 Sunday morning he was j
so weak he could not speak above a
whisper. He is expected to be able
to face trial in Wayne Superior |
court by Thursday or Friday. A
week's term of criminal court con-;
I vaned Monday in the Wayne court |
house with Judge C. Everett Thomp
son of Elizabeth City presiding.
As a precaution against further
attempt at suicide, a deputy Is keep
ing watch over him in the hospital
Mrs. R. Gentry White
Dies in Florida# 29th
Mrs R. Gentry Whit*, formerly
Miss Iren# Glddens of Goldsboro,
daughter at Mm. L. D. Gidden* and
the late Capt. L. D Gindens of
Goldsboro .died Wednesday night,
Ntoy 2#ih. at her home in St. Augus
tine. Ha. Mrs. White had been ill
for several months.
She leaves her husband. Lt.-Col.
R, G White and three children,
Sarah Stanley. Gentry. Jr., and
Irene The funeral will take place
in Goldsboro. No further arrang*
menU have been made at this date.
BURN
Tip burn has developed to an
alarming extent in New Hanover
lettuce fields this season, reports J
P Herring, county agent at large
Allied Nerval and Load Unte
Fight to Hold Open the
Port oi Dunkerque.
BELGIUM'S SURRENDER
HANDICAPS THE ALLIES
Claim* and Counler Claima am
Made by Alike* and Ger
mane About Fighting.
(Over WTJGH Teletype)
May 29.—'Die world watched
breathhlessly tonight as one of the
greatest military dramas of modem
history rushed toward its climax la
Flanders where an allied army wee
fighting to escape the closing jews
of a Nasi trap.
While the British and French
forces fought fierce rearguard ac
tions to cover their retreat, Allied
naval and land units battled to held
open the port of Dunkerque UBtfl
the encircled armies can roach the
coast.
The fighung with which the allied
forces are covering their retreat wee
ckwcribcd by a French military
spokesman tonight as a furious sea
lee. He said the British and French
forces were fighting their way
through masses of Germans in their
efforts to reach Dunkerque.
The spokesman said that Dunker
que was stili safely in the hands eg
allied force* which were strongly
i entrenched at the only major chan
nel port still entirely under thetar
control. Allied troop* still hflM
part of Calais, the spokesman said.
Meanwhile, the Germans were Be
ing heavy aerial forces, artillery and
merchanized equipment in a tre
mendous effort to close in on the
trapped allied armies and cut att
their retreat before they can pda
th coast and effect their embarka
tion.
Swanns oi Nazi bombing plmMi
hurled down tons ot high esplailm
bombs on Dunkerque and Nazi lacs
range artillery ahefled the port
steadily In an attempt to make it
useless as an embarkation point.
The German* claimed the .';p
ture ol Lille in northern France to
push their lines nearer the coast
from the south. They also claimed
to have closed in from the north
east by occupying the Belgian chan
nel port of Ostend
German military spokesmen in
sisted that their serial and artillery
attack* on Duskeroue would make
it impossible for the Allies to em
bark large forces i troops from the
port.
The struggle is Flanders ower
shadowed developments on othe*
fronts. French forces along t' *
Somme continued their opera:;- i
in preparation for the counter-ci
fensive which General WeygandwHS
believed to be preparing.
The French High Command re
partcd successful local operation* in
which three village* were retaken
from the Germans and several bridge
heads on the north bank of tee
Somme were seized.
A German attack at Cfceteu-Por
cien on the Ai*r.e was reported by
the French to have been repulsed
with heavy German losses. French
artillery along the Rhine shelled
I Rail communications and junction
! points.
i The Norwegian iron ore port of
Narvik was :n British hands t£>
: night after a seven-weeks siege and
| almost constant fighting above ih*
I Anrttc Circle. Carman military
leaders admitted the loss of Narvik
despite efforts to relieve the be
leogured Nazi garrison by dropping
parachute troops and by a land
drive up the trackless Norwegian
coast.
Thurmcm Holmes
Graduates A. C
Gets Position
| Thurman Holmes, son of Mr. nod
Mrs. John Holmes. Seven Spring!.
N. C.. graduated from Atlantic
Christian College. Monday, May 27.
He received the Bachelor of Arts
degree with a two title high school
Grad-A teachers certificate In His
' tory »nd Mathematics.
He was fortunate In having a high
scholastic average and was exempt
ed from all examination*.
He has accepted a position in the
Cattails high school. Castalia. Nash
: county for the years of 1210-41. Be
' will teach History. Mathematics and
| coach the boys and girls a*h:e:ics.