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Today's Quote JUDGE EDMUND SON: “There it no law we have today for -which there is not a parallel in the Bible.” i Job Printing of _ Distinction .. THE HERALD will surpass roar requirements CALL 290 1 ^ VOLUME XVIU—Number 9 Goldsboro, N. C.. Thursday. luns 27, 1940 Pri=« 5 f. PILOT TRAINING UNIT TO OPEN IN GOLDSBORO Deal Concluded in 24 Hours; 50 Students Must Be Enrolled Before July 1. CAA Official Says; Gets Chamber's Approval Culminating negotiations which were started and finished within 24 hours, it was announced yesterday that a non-colle giate civilian pilot training program will be instituted in Golds LAST TRIBUTES ARE PAID TO W. H. GRIFFIN 82-Y*or-01d Goldsboro Business Pioneer Died At Black Mountain j Funeral services for W. H. Grif fin, 82. retired Goldsboro business * man. who died at hts summer home in Black Mountain last Thursday af-, ternoon following a week’s illness, were conducted at his home on S. John st, Saturday afternoon by his *' pastor. Rev. Walter C. Ball, of St. j Paul Methodist church. Interment •was in the family plot In Willow Dale cemetery. j His son. W. H. Griffin, Jr., and his daughter, Mrs. F. T. Scarbor ough, both of Goldsboro, left several ' days ago for Black Mountain. Surviving are four children, W. i H. Griffin Jr.. Mrs. Scarborough, and Miss Leona Griffin, of Goldsboro * and Mrs. A G. Grunwell of Florida, wife of Lt. Commander Grunwell, U. S. Navy, retired, and several grandchildren. The following were active pall-! * bearer*: H. L. Graham, J. A. Vinson, Harrison Yelverton, George C. Cox, J. L. Best and J. Lloyd Barden ' Honorary pallbearers: Kirby Hart, Dewey Slocumb, Will Winslow, B. S. Garris, Dr. W !L Cobb. C. G. Smith, H Andrews, D. L. Cuthrell, A. M. Sherard, B. G Thompson, W. D. Creech, F. L. Castex, Sr., A. T. Griffin, Sr, E. A. Humphrey. Sr, J. S. Crawford, W. A Dees. Paul Yelverton. Dr. J. N. Johnson, Graves J. Smith and F. K. Borden. Sr. Mr. Griffin was a real Goldsboro pioneer who built up his business the “hard way.” He was a genuine •elf-made man. He started out In business while Ju3t a youth, operating a combina » lion newsstand, confectionary and cigar concession In the old hotel where the Hotel Goldsboro is now located. He didn't set any houses afire with that stand, but he learned the fundamental rudiments of busi ness, and earned enough money to start a modest brick manufacturing business on the site of what is now the Jim Robinson farm, two miles north of the city. Hot long afterward, with his late brothers, Charles and Robert Grif fin, he became a cigar manufacturer and ultimately operated the largest such concern in Eastern Carolina. In 1891, he founded W. H. Griffin and Son, wood and coal concern of Goldsboro. Although Mr. Grifffn, Sr, maintained ownership of the firm, it was operated by hi* son in recent years. Mr. Griffin maintained a Golds boro residence at 301 S. John st, although he spent his winters at Pun-1 ta Gorda, Fla, and his summers at Black Mountain. On May 27. he cele-’ brated hi* 82nd birthday at the Black mountain home with all of his chil dren and grandchildren attending. Grantham Grower Bams 1st Tobacco The honor of being the first grow er in this area to atari the current season went to Durwood Hood, of # Grantham twp., who reported, 0“ Monday that he had housed a halt barn of tobacco. I The 1MO Wayne season. County Agent C. S. Mint* said, is the earliest b in the history of the Wayne office.. He attributed the early harvest to the "unseasonably hot weather" of, the past few weeks. Hood planted an allotment of 3.4 acres. He added that his tobacco crop was "good." inferring he expects to average 1,000 pounds per acre. Mintx also reported that J. J. Biv ens, of Stoney Creek, and Mr An derson, of Saulston, had begun “harning'* on Tuesday. Both Bivens and Adcrson planted less than 10 seres of tobacco. Doro. Confirmation of the program cam* in a telegram to James Butler, Cham ber of Commerce executive secre tary, from the Atlanta headquarter* of the Civilian Aeronautics Author ity. The program Is the result of ef forts initiated by BuUer and City Manager Zeno Hollowell. Butter said yesterday that "little more than unusual interest” already had been aroused by his announce ment. An absolute minimum of 50 enrol les is required by the CAA rcgula-, lions in the Goldsboro ground school, Butler said, adding that he expected little difficulty in meeting this ' quota Enrollment of these students —men and women between the uges of 18 and 25—must be completed by July 1, hence the Atlantic office urg ed quick action. Forms for application in the school are expected momentarily from At lanta. On Wednesday, the Chamber of Commerce advised Senior Private Flying Specialist Ed Nilson, of the Atlanta CAA office, that It would sponsor such pilot training in Golds boro. Full cooperation was assured in contacting prospective students, arranging for classroom facilities, and completing other details. A reply was received immediately, In which Kilser. said an analysis of the a.r (Continued on back page) GOLDBUeS TAKE DOUBLEHEASER FROM BILLIES Locals Grab Nightcap, 4-3, In 10 Innings With Wade Hurling Six-Hitter SXOW HILL. June 28 —The Golds boro Goldbugs. smarting under a 3-2 defeat handed Lo them last night in Goldsboro by Snow 11:11, defeated the Billies twice today, 8-3 and 4-3. With Manager Mac Arnette’s home run highlighting a five-run rally in the ninth inning of the first game this afteroon, the Goldbugs broke a 3-3 deadlock and grabbed the de cision. Elbert Moye started for Goldsboro and went eight frames. George Woodend hurled the last In ning, ar.d as a result, got credit for the victory. tinder the lights tonight, bespec tacled Murray Wade tangled up in < Continued on back page! NEGRESS KILLS MAN TRYING TO ENTER HOME Shotgun Blast Through Door Fatal to Woman's Former SwMtkwrt Here A ahelfssn blast Oiroexti a fleas door proved fatal to Albert L. Edwards, 3*-y«*r-old Nefrs, last Bight, after be apparently endea vor Bred u force Me way Into the home of hi* former sweetheart. Lodged in city J»il. charged with murder, portly Surah McKinley, about 33, of 70« Holt at., where the murder took place at about B15 o'clock last night. Edwards was taken to Goldsboro Hospital with a gaping gunshot wound in his breast. He died between 6:30 and 10 o’clock. Goldsboro Policemen Carl Smith and J P. Stevenson investigated the case and arrested the McKinley wo man. She told police that Edwards was a former tenant in the Holt gt. house, of which her sister, Evelyn Bacon, is landlady. Edwards had failed to pay his rent, it was said, and had been ordered to leave On top of that, he and the McKinley woman had quarreled and he had slasher] her with a knife. On Monday, the McKinley woman went to police and reported the cut ting Edwards was told to stay away from the Holt st. house, but he re turned last night. Tie tried to get in the back door, police were lo’.d. and then went ar ound tn the front When he started to force the door, the McKinley wo man grabbed a shotgun and fired at him through the glass panel. Luther and IoIb Bedfieid, neigh bors. told police that Edwards and the McKinley woman frequently quarreled. Still Very 111 Revenue Commissioner A- J. Maiwttl, above, was reported jreo terday to be "still very ill’ In Rex Hospital, where he is being treat cd following a severe paralytic attack. Mr. Maxwell was stricken daring the height of his enmpaign for the Democratic nomination for Governor. Wayne County Payrolls Soar As Jobless Benefits Decline Local District Keeps Pace With State tn N. C. Unemployment Compensation Commission Report RALEIGH, June 26. — Payrolls ' were about $31,000,000 greater In 1939 than in 1938 f'r about 8300 em ployers in the State who were sub ject to and came under the provi sions of the N. C Unemployment Compensation Law, the approximate figures being $373,000,000 in 1938 and $407,000,000 in 1939, Charles G. Pow ell, Commission chairman reports. The employer contributions, the 2.7 per cent tax on payrolls, amount 1 ed to $10,131,314 in 1938, as compared with $10,975,999 in 1939, reflecting better operations. Unemployment Compensation, or jobless benefits, amounted to $8,159. 388 in 1938, the first year of pay ments, and dropped to $4,258,864 in 1939. North Carolina had 8,416 employ ers subject to the UC law In the1 year 1939, and In the same year 449. 097 workers were protected by the law. Applications for work in the 58 Employment Service Division offices in the State and at about 125 "service points'* and about 15t> "spot points' visited by representatives from these offices, numbered 307,9m in 1938, as compared with 331,161 In 1839, while placements on jobs numbered 89,694 in 1938, Increasing to 107,621 In 1939. Wayne County, a breakdown of the State figures shows, had 114 employ ers subject to the law and 4,205 I workers protected by it in the year 1939. Payrolls of employers subject to the la1* and paid on employes pro tected by the low. amounted to $2, 703,993 in 1938, as compared with I $3,233,133 in 1939, while contribu tions pa'd by the liable employers of Wayne County amounted to $75. 458 In 1938, aa compared with $87, 331 in 1939. Benefits to unemp'oyed or parti ally unemployed workers in the 1 county amounted to $70,476 in 1938, 1 as compared with $49,953 in 1939 Central VCC office records further j show 5.415 applications for work in 1938 and 5,619 in 1939 in this county, while placements in jobs numbered 1,601 in 1938 and 2,013 in 1939. Chatr i man Powell said. HITLER CALLED ‘BIGGEST LIAR’ BY 60V. HOEY Goldsboro AL Auxiliary Wins Award at Rally; Mn| at K#w Bom in '41 HIGH POINT. June *6—Cha w cetl®r Adetf Hitler “tfce higgest Dm In ell hiitory," Governor Hoey told hondrodo of NorUt Carotin*’* American Legionnaire* ytaUrday. Hoey warned the Legionnaires, meeting in their 22nd annual conven tion. that the nation must gird itself against Hitler. He also warned ag ainst a false sense of security cre ated by “two-ocean isolation." “We must depend on the only lan guage dictators can understand," Hoey declared. “And that Is the lan guage of superior force and unmat ched power. "Come what may, Hitler will never 1 set foot on American soil or conquer this great land of ours. The Ameri can flag has never been lowered by a foreign power, and thank God, it never shall be." Shortly before the Governor made his appeal for preparedness, the le gionnaires recommerded to Congress a program of broad military tTBin ing. wartime conscription of men and material, universal training im mediately. national guard expansion. I high school ROTC units, military training in CCC camps and physical training in schools. R Dave Halt of Belmont, was acclaimed department commander to succeed June Rose of Greenville The r.ew officers were installed yes terday. and New Bern was chosen as the site of next year’s convention. | The convention is to be held as near to June 25 as possible Mrs. Walter G. Craven, of Char-1 latte, was acclaimed the new state president of the Auxiliary, succeed-] in? Mrs, Weaver Mar.n. of Newton | The American Legion is the first line of defense against Its foes with- J in this country, Governor Hoey de-, dared. The Governor also assailedj Communists. Nazi* and Faicista who' have pledged loyalty to other na-, tions. "They have no rijfht to free speech guaranteed to American citizens.", Hoey stated. “It is time they were brought out into the open. If there is one Communist holding office in , America, that is me too many." •, J Melville Broughton. Democratic ; gubernatorial candidate, spoke briefly. “Hope lies in the indomi table Anglo-Saxon spirit." he said. The Goldsboro Auxiliary received an award for - radio work. Mrs. ; Paul Edmundson. of Goldsboro, was j named sixth district committeewo I man. and Mrs. R. E Stevens, of | Goldsboro, was named an Auxiliary national delegate. Beck Bland, of Knisotn. was elect ed as sixth district commander, with J. S. Royal!, of Clinton, as vice commander. 1 Mrs. Anne S. Turner Celebrates Her 89th Birthday Here Mrs. A S. Turner, who makes her home with her great-nephew, Jesee Stanley, celebrated her 89th birthday on Saturday. She spent the day with her niece, Mrs W. J. Mathew*, on Pir.e st. Mrs. Turner is remarkably ac tive. She attends services at the Frs*. Baptist church, of which she is a member, every Sunday, and listens to the sermon with the aid of an ear trumpet. She is a regular attendant at the meetings of the Woman's Mis sionary Society, and enjoys very much the picnic that the society holds each July. She is at her | place every Sunday morning in the Homemaker* class at Sunday School. Before her marriage Mrs Tur ner was Miss Anne S. Peterson. She is the widow of Thomas Tur ner, and the aunt of the late Carl E. Stanley. New Road Work Now Underway Two new rood construction Jobi are underway in Wayne County. The first involves widening high way 117 from the Goldsboro city limits to Fremont. This work will require several months, as the road is to be widened from 16 to 20 feet. State highway workers were ex pected this week to add 3 1-2 miles of surfacing on the southern end of highway 111. This work will com plete the surfacing to Broadhurst j bridge Names of Willkie, Taft, Dewey Put Before GOP Rally N. T, District Attorney Tboiaas E. i Drtrejr, pictured here in caricature, | rereived the leitnt Mt n*«»t sus tained ovation in Philadelphia last ni(ht as bis name was pot before the COP convention a* a Presiden tial candidate. New Yorker. Ohioan Get Largest Ovations; Tar Heel Delegation Reported Leaning Toward Utility Magnate's Candidacy CONVENTION HALL, Philadelphia, June 26.—The names of New York District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey, Ohio Senator Robert Taft and Indiana utility magnate Wendell L. Wilikie were placed before the Republican National Convention here tonight as the actual battle began for the GO? Presidential nomination. Willkie's name was placed by Rep. j Charles Hallock, of Indiana, shortly, after 10 p m, EST. The ovatiO*| which followed the nomination was^ regarded as a disappointment to j Wiilki* followers, for It was.ymaller by far than the ones aecc.rd-d to De wey and Taft. Hallock's speech was interrupted several times with catcalls when he [ referred to Wi’.ikie as s “real Rppub-. liean " Wiilkie Is a former T»mo-, crat. He also was booed when he said that the Willkie boom was carried through without benefit of any or ganized effort. Although small in number, the Willkie movement made up in no,se, what they lacked otherwise. Several, minor disturbances broke out in sev-j eral sections of the huge auditorium, when Willkie supporters endeavored; , to grab banners of states whose del egations were divided Earlier, Willkie hod made a P«r* sonel plea to the North Carolina delegation to “vote for me early if you expect to vote for me at a’.’.". Voting, which is expected to start’ tomorrow after nominating speeches have concluded, is expected to favor ( Dewey strongly on the first ballots^ The Tar Heel group showed an in-j clinatioc to lean toward the utility i magnate when and if the other can-1 didates begin to lose ground. Said; National Committeeman Charles A. Joans: i “I am under commitment to vote lor Dewey on me nr*; Daiioi ana a* long a* he 1* in the lead, but a* soon as I discharge this obligation t ex pect to vote for Willkie and I am beginning to believe he will be the winner." i Worth Carolina will play im portant part In the nomination of Presidential candidates However, Jake F. Newell, el Charlotte, has been asked to make a seconding speech for Michigan'* Senator Ar thur Vander.burg, and may do so. Dewey is expected to get the larg est number of North Carolina’s 23 votes on the first ballot, with a minimum of eight. Seven might go to Taft. Vandenburg counts on four or five, and WiUkte will get what is left. Tbe strategy of the Willkle forces is to get as few North Carolina votes as they can on the first ballot, prob ably being satisfied with none at all. However, they will make a determ ined effort to get them on the sec ond and third ballots, for then the real test will come. Telegrams from Charlotte, Greens boro. Winston-Salem, Goldsboro. Kannapolis, Shelby and other towns poured into the headquarters of the Tar Heel group today urging Wil kie's nomination The telegrams pro mised Democratic support if Wiil kie is chosen, but this was ridiculed by William C. Meekins, of Ashevlle. former state cha.rman and the leader (Continued on page five) Don’t Let Sentiment Lead Us To War, Sen. Reynolds Warns We Must Be Pro-American First and Always; Forget Old World Attachments, He Declares U. S. Senator Robert R. Reynolds, of North Carolina, yesterday warned the people of the United States not to let their sentimental atUchmnt for the Old World lead the country into another World War. | No. 1 on his five-point ‘let’s be come pro-American” program, keep ing the country out of war, he said, commands constant vigilance on the part of the American people. But, Reynolds declared, “we cannot be American and, at the same litre, be pro-anything else.” The other five points in his Pr0‘ gram, backed by hia magazine, the American Vindicator. are: J. Fingerprint and register all aliens. 3. Stop all immigration for the next 10 years. 4. Deport all alien criminals and undesirable aliens. 5. Abolish all "urns" except Am ericanism. “To date, our part in the last World War bus cost the American taxpayers spproximfc ,y $<58,000,000, 000 and more lb 100.000 lives.” I the Senator sta' “Even now. 21 years later, our hospitals are insuf ficient to provide beds for our World War veterans requiring hospital care. Our veterans certainly should come first. “Regardless of our personal opin ions or sentiments, the United States should remain absolutely neutral. The age-old quarrels of Europe are no concern of ours, and we must not get mixed up in the present conflict. After all, this is only one of the many hundreds of wars in Eur pe within the past several centuries. We should devote our time, atten tion and energies to the many prob lems here at home. "Why should we waste effort en deavoring to solve the problems of Europe?" In demanding the end to all immi gration for the next 10 years. Sena tor Reynolds asked: “Why should we permit the thousands upon thous ands of refugees and foreigners from all sections of the world to enter the United States and take the Job* that rightly belong to our people? Yes: it is high t me that we became pro (Continued cn back page) HAVE YOU JOINED THE GOLDSBORO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE? BE i^URE TO DO IT — TODAY! 2 DIE, 3 BADLY HURT IN 2-CAR COLLISION HERE Ugfclator'g Wife Killed In Crack-up on 117; N*^« Hitch-Hiker Ako Slain Two people wet* killed enf Uvea Mrltwlf In a* wk tMbtk accident on klikm; Uf •be miles Ntlfe of CoHMors a* 11:4* Tuesday morning. Mr*. A. H. Davis, SI. of Buraev, wife of the representative from Win der county in the North Carolfcm legislature, died in an ambulance on the way to the Goldsboro Hu*ptt*L A Negro hitch-hiker riding in the other car, was also deod when he ar rived at the hospital in another am bulance. The Negro remained unidentified until yesterday, when the ofice of Sheriff Paul C. Garn'on revealed he was John Henry Brunson. 25. of Wilson. His wif® l.ves in Catypeo. Miss Mary Wllkerson Cox. 22, a welfare worker frorr. Bender county, driver of the cai. was bad'.y out about the throat and mouth A one armed negrn youth, whom Miss Co* had brougrr. to Goldsboro as a pa tient riding in the rear seat, *u cut about the face and nose Walter R Futretl. of Kenansville rt. 2, driver of the other car. suffer ed a possible fracture of the skull and cuts on the legs and body. He is in the Goldsboro Hospital. With him was the unidentified hitch hiker, whom it is sain he had taken up at Dudley about four miies from the scene of the accident. Although resting -ast nigni. ru trell’s conditiorj was very criticaL Both automobiles were demolish ed. Highway Petrolmen J W. Har relson and W Ssmp'on. who inveati gated. *a:d that f'ulre'.l's car. ap • pa^en*^ travailing at high speed. < . was believed to have skidded oa ttve wet pavement into the path of the other car which was returning to Burgaw. Funeral services for Mrs Davie will be conducted at the Baptist Che -h in Burgaw, o' which she was a mi ber today. Interment will be in the Burgaw cemetery She Is sur vived by her husband three sons. Roy Davis of Philadelphia. C'!f* r. Lee Davis, of Columbia. S C and H. Davis Jr., of Burgaw; four daugh ters. Mrs. James Fuseli of Rnsehi'.. and Misses Margaret. Ida Farrier and Dorothy Dans all of the home: her mother, Mrs. Ida Shepard n< Wilmington: three 5 «-ers. Mrs. J. D Fennell. Wilmi'mr Mrs Ed He' ring. Wright she— and Mrs. Walter Barnhill, Rocky P-.lnt: and two bro ther*, Graham a nr Walter Shepard, of Wilmingto-. ----- Cotton P<rtr'*n*«« To Be Mad~ Wryr *3 In Middle ^ County Agent C. S Mirtr. announ ced yesterday the: fu'me-.ts totalir * $118,654.02 in federa1 cotton price adjustment w.ll bt dis'uojted to 7.500 Wayne county grower* begin ning in the middle of August. Payments nill be nude or. 194" acreage planted urulcr 2.923 allot ments. Wayne eour.tv was the first in ths stale to complete aptilicuticr.* fc 1940 payments The count} also is | expected to he the first in lice when ! the payments are distributed. Price adjustment payments will go to those growers who in 1940 plant ings, did not exceed the combined acreage total of cottars and tobacco allotment*. The 19*0 payments are based on 1.55 cents a pound on the normal yield set up for the farm. The 1939 rate was 1.6 cents. Laborer Killed In Truck Fields Percy Milton Kr.owle3. itinerant colored laborer of Jacksonville, Fla died In the Goldsboro Hospital Sat urday morning from injuries rece v ed Friday afternoon while work.ag In the truck fields at Calypso. He was brought to the Hospital at 8:30, and never regained consciousness. Duplin County Sheriff J. B Wi! i liams reported that few detsi.s had been learned, but that he had b»en informed that Knowles was krorked in the head while picking beans or digging potatoes. He said an ofi.cer had been sent to Calypso to investi gate. The home address of Knowles "6s said to be 727 Oaklay at.. Jackson ville, Fla., and his temporary address was general delivery,- Mv Ohve
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