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Largest Class In History Os
The Goldsboro High SchoM
Graduate With Many Honor *
Flwtr-Tkiw Bft mi ih« Btas* pai Oft TMr {HiirmUm Miry
tnvfmrd ad Charlai Narwad WWi Wdl Bchoiar
phlpß; Adrl- Mdatyra Royal Baa^y
•. 4dat iiijrht closed the graduation exercises at the Goktaboro
,jotgfc School. Tha hifh.flchool auditorium waa filled to capacity
. and U» balcony overflowed with parenta, relatives, and friends
a t tie frauatea, eager to see the young boya and (irle who
Jftfatted the stage, receive their hard-worked-for diplomas.. v
The claaa of 18 das the largest ciase in yeara. in fact the
largest graduating class that haa ever sat upon the stage of
tha liffh school auditorium. There were forty-six seniors, but
eat of such ap overwhelming number only three studenta failed
to gngluate. Os the forty-three graduates, seventeen were boys
(flu twdhty-Ave were girts.
st t a m. last sight th*
~fwrty-thr*e.' wM th* applaue# of all
dto aieaau an* risttors pronent. filed
gaaa" tha at asm TIMI MltVli UM tl’
tprotlss by Dr. (wo Wall. the walt
kaowfl pastor of the Pint Baptist
church at Uls city. *
* A faatur* of tha program waa tba
dwraa. camponnd of bleb achool girl*
from various clssaas. who snag “Oama
Ta Seirlaa." ThU choirs* waa trained
by Mlse EUnSr Edassdaon. tb« nualc
of tba blab school .
Probably tba moat aajaysbla number
ae tba proeram Was tbs aSWraas by tba
waU-kaews Mr.' Edgar Broadhurst,
. wbo la kaeww by mast of tba Golds
boro citUsns Mr. Braadbarst la now
a liigsrinast lawyer la Greensboro, bat
Ms iftnw was of mttcb significance
to tba psopla of Ooldabora and tba
trades tin olsss because ba waa at
see Uau a studaet of QWditofo blab
■Cbeaf sad la a graduate of the acbool.
AMboesb Mr. O. A. Hamilton. superia
tiadaft of tba OgMsboro schools In
traduced tba spedker of tba occasion,
ao Introduction was aaassasry, ss Mr.
Rroadbnret says. > apaaktr mko no
body knows la not caUtlpt to as In
troduction and tba speaker jgJtMr?Tv*ry
body knows doesn't need an Tiltroduc
tioe. .»
Mg. Broad burst cdhflerod mainly on
tba ygluc of tba student's going to col
legs' HdkJSM that every boy or gin
Wbo docs wot bare to help eappasf
oaMsgn free If they barb to work
tbadr way tbrouah. aed It they do
werit tbadr way through they will
maka bettor mag sad women. Ha also
smpbialfod Met ovary member of tba
claaa abould la oataa way furfhor edu
cattoa. If aet IWMesßmg. be spy* that
thay should eeM OR (be school board
or boon! of aldeneon. But if (bay do
not jte say of thtejb things may should
SMEMe aw .r T
As Mr. Broadburst closed bis sd
dreaa the claaa sang their farewell
eoeg, written by Mias Era Mae Old
dans, a mam bar of the senior class. "
Tba mast important moment on Ike
program for tba piglore was the pres
entation of tba diplomas, which ware
delivered by Mr. Gao. a Koraegay. the
chaligma of tba Board of Trustees.
. . JgJjM \
- Mr. R. T. Emery was st his usual
lab la dallvartgg tha prises. Mr. Emory
Is tbe principal of tha high school sod
baa delivered tba prises for tbe last
three yea™ A new prise wab offerer
this year by tba Woman’s Club
through Mrs. Hbnry Wall. This prise,
was for tba senior girl wbO mods tba
best graduating dress Miss Elizabeth
Parker won tbe first prim. Misses
Elisabeth Rosenthal and Ruth Mal
paaa iron the second prims. Tbe first
prise was ftva dollars and the two sac
ond prises were two dollars and fifty
cents seek
Tha asst was tba presentation of
tba GMdsn’t scholarship cup, which Is
glean each month ta tba class having
tba highest scholarship average, and
at the end of the f|nr I* glv«» to.the
section Which receives it tbo moot
times during the year. Last night IA
received the cup for bevlog the high
est scholarship average during the
yehr.
Jtext comes tbe Roy all Essay Prim
Which Is givan ta tha senior whs
writes the hast aaaay during (be school
under the school supervision Tbe sub
jects of tha essays are selected by tbe
students themselves, and are a pert of
tba English regalUmeaU. Mlsa An
drian Mclntyre won the prise of
twenty dollars In gold. l<ast but not 1
Pest cams tha Wail scholarship prise. j
Ms Is a prise of tan dollars each to'
uA boy and girl wbo maka an aver
age of M on all subjects during all
four yearn of high school. Miss Mary
Crawford aed Mr. Charles Norwood
woe tbe Well scholarship prlass
, The recessional—" Clod of Our Path
tmr—closed the egerctees.
f Class Day «
Tba Claaa Day nmreiset look place
yesterday mornMg at 11 g. as. and the
graduating clam waa greeted by a'
Throng of anatoua visitors, parents 1
and friends.
Tbe deaf marched ta from the rear, j
and as they took their places they
•sag. which waa sabmltted by , Ms,
Norwood. + a aaamber of , tba
Alt the inanity "Mg*, Jew, and •▼»«*-
THE GOLDSBORO NEWS
graduating clam. Tba song waa writ
ten to tba tuna of, “Maryland, x/
Maryland.’
Mr. Cbancla Barcllft. tba cloy proa-
Ident msße bin address Than tbe class
■arng tba “Faculty Boag.” which waa
suomltted by Mlm Elisabeth John son.
also of tba graduating clam. Tba clam
hit tba faculty “high, low. and eveary
where." as tbe song weal
Miss Annls Battle Millar rdhd tba
Cl«m Statistics which ware very
amusing. This tv as fallow ad by tha
rum will by Edwin I pock.
Tba sudlesee and clam stood while
tbs acbool joined the seniors la sing
ing the school sons "Goldsboro High
School.'’
Mlm Annettes Honey, tbe '"most
typical senior” and' clam poet, read
the class Poem.
Miss Andrlns Mclntyre, the essay
winner, wbo wrote on "Writing Es
says.” read tba prise-taker.
The Clam Prophecy written by
Mias Eva Mae OMdeas. was read by
Miss Pauline Croweon. This wa fol
lowed by tba Farewell Song, also
written by Mias Qlddens. , Tba song
was to tbe tune of the "Sweetheart
of Sigma Chi."
Immediately after tbe ‘ exercises
Miss Nellie Cobb's annual senior
party was bald. Cabs ami punch
ware served. Each member of t*e
clam and faculty Ilsa candle Abd
made a wish for tbs Class of .’IS, '
At tha asoralag tgprdiflps the boys
Wore white 'flannel trousers iM blue
oasis, white the girls teMPT
colored gingham drodid*." AS the
graduating exercises the hoys ware
.bine suits and tba girts white dresses
The matte of tha class ta: “Lorn.
Labor, sad Laugh.” sod the colon
are groan and white Tha clam flow
er Is the white rose.
The of fleers of the claaa ware:
President. Chanel* Barcllft: vice
president. Henry Blssell; Secretary,
Charles Norwood; and Treasnrer.
Scbockley Garner.
Tba following are the graduates:
Chaacie De Shield Barcllfj. Charles
Dewey Barham. Henry Bltsell, Gab
riel Boney. Duncan Vogely Klein.
Ralph* Waldo Epstein. Bchock ley De
witt Qardaer. McKlney Olnn. Benj
amin Franklin Grady. Thomas Nor
fleet Grtffln. Earle Humphrey. Edwin
Charleston I pock. Charles Stephens
Norwood. Jamee Bryant Pllklnston
Albert Poplin. ' Herbert Roecower.
Charles Egbert Bmlth, Lillie AhnetU
Boney. Thelma Nevada Brock. Annie
Mae Brown. Mery Hyde Crawford,
ftuby Crow. Pauline Croweon. Tbelma
Eodora Fauat, Oladya Franklin Her
3fljtg. Margaret Hinson. Elisabeth
Newbury Johnson. Elma Jonas, An
na Llltle Kadis. Bulb Malpaaa. An
drlna Fuller Mclntyre. Annie Battle
Miller. Hallle Frances Pate. Elisabeth
Miller Perher. Molly Carroway Par
ker. Julia Katharine Prince. Elisa
beth Rosenthal. Bertha Las Hherard,
Annie Lenora Slmklns. Hate) Stall
ings, Maria Pauline Wilson, and Mary
Bulrd Zealy. _ ■
NEGRO WILL RECOVER FROM
HI.AIhHA It DEB’S BILLET WOUND
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KINHfON. May 31— Frank Howard,
aide sly negro, will recover from s bul
let wound Inflicted by Meckhanders”
of hla own race, the police today un
derstood. Howard wsa robbed of a
postal money order for an unstated
sum One of the robbers shot him In
the neck. No arrest, haa been made.
Four negroes who called at Howard's
borne In a suburb compelled his wlf*
, to give up |A They fixed Ibe time at
which she should produce 1250 more
When they rolled for the money the
woman did not have It. Howard, ac
cording to authorities, was shot In
l revenge.
I BEAM WAN IIROWIIEII|
TBE RTORT IN ENDED
KINSTON. N. C-. May 31.- The pre
mier bear story Os the year came up
from the tidewater country today.
Bert Rue sad Jacob Alllgood. fishing
for crabs In Durham's creek, tributary
of Pamlico river, saw a 200-pound
bear enter the stream The bear did
not see the men la thoir boat In mid
stream It atartd to swine across tbe
i croak.
1 Alllgood and Rue paddled up to tha
.tulmal la the middle of the creek sad
attacked It with oars. Tha report said
, three oars were smashed la the right
that ensued. Brute mads a soda de
fense, When sH but xhausled fry tbe
Dm- the Mpr amp **M dwdar water
! by Jte aMaflhpn aptil drowsed
FOFR PAG IS
Great Men Come To See CUufie
Kilchtn Laid To Real Amid The
Scenes Os Hit Boyhood Days
Fumisl WIN An Mart, Ufa Dm, gutWbw’, Wljmi. Tfai>
Grave BnM By Flwwgrn of World and BwiAlded *
By Other Noted Btaleumen '
SCOTLAND NECK, June 1. —(<By the AflflocUttt! Press.)
With more than, two thousand of his countryman who had come
from for ond near to pay a last tribute of respect to the remains
of the Jtte Claude Kitchin were laid to rest here afternoon
while alfrlorth Carolina mourned the passing of one who in his
entire lifetime had been e leader (n his community* t/ie State,
and finally the nation. In Accordance with the of the
Representative, simplicity marked the funeral services. A ver
itable bank Os flowed covers the grave, silent testimonials to
the of the people and the regard of the leader who
haa passed.
A*rvlces were coadaated by Dr
Cbas. Anderson, paster of the Hap
list church of which tha l ongress
man had tpeen a member, assisted
by Ray- Raubaa Meredith, of tbe
Rpteoopal church, and the Rev. E. L
Hillman of Ua Mathodlat church
Duriag the entire day messages of
sympathy poured In upon tha fam
ily of tbe wcoaaad Congressman, st
unting to tha nation-wide regard In
which be waa held All business was
suspended in Scotland Neck, which
gfcopraed the loss of lu f final cllissn.
From tel- and noer cam# automobile?
late to pay their last tribute to the
memory of the Read, and trains In
oreaaed the Inflow of the SUte's and
nation's public, for those who came
to mourn wore not only from North
Caroline but elsewhere.
Dr. E. Q Moore, of Elm City, N
(’., delivered an address of eulogy
and kuadapda (her* ware Ip tbe
throngs ft tb* grave wbo shed tear*
of grief s Dr, Moore paid tfltlng trib
6te to the life of a graat statesman.
Many man. prominent In the life of
the nation, wars prepept at the lun
ar! services. Among thym wars Ben
ater Overman: Joaephiun Daniels,
Reprasaatattvea Oldßeld and Wlngo.
of Arhanaaa; Cordell Hull, chairman
for the National Democratic commit
too; Joe Rogers, sergeant ue th#
Houaa; Angus McLean, former di
rector of the War 1 finance Corpora
tion; Congressmen Bulwlnkle, Hom
er L. Lyon, and Hallet 8 Ward.
Cbtef Justice Walter Clark, of tha
Nrarih Carolina Bupram* Court, aod
fanaiftf f ML RteftnaMh.-
NCpTLAND iftBCK. Jupe I.—(Ry
tRo Associated Praaa.)—Tha body of
OfllUda Kltchln, ooda leader of tb*
EftmocraAk In tha House of Reprasen
tgtlvaa. lay la state at the old home
plaea 1» eaalnt little Scotland Neck,
and today sa the sun lowered In tbe
West. It was interred near that
of hla father In the Baptist cametery.
Caluds Kltchln Is dead. Taatar
4ay had today, hla racord. public In
Aha making M that of a figure of
national Interest In Congress, haa
neon summed up and printed In news
papers of tba country. But a a hun
dreds of friends passed before the
body today they were chiefly Intel*
sated In th* characteristics close to
tha hanrt of the man and which guld
ad him Ih hla Upward flgbt to lead
ership.
Coolness la foranatc battles waa
bia chief aaaet. according to hla for
mer supporters. Hla big, round face
most always Waa'wreathed In a smile,
even whan wRh withering sarcasm,
and .sharp points of debate be
"slaughtered tbe enemy-'* Republi
cans often remarked that Kltchln
kept smiling na "be operated on them
before th* aduntry."' .
And. hack of this geniality la a
story. During the daya of Kltchln a
career as a struggling lawyer be had
g temper not often under control.
On* day. a trial justice derided a
case adversely to him and the younfl
attorney created a scene In the court
room, several fights almost occurring
before h* checked himself.
"It suddenly occurred to met.”
Kltchln'* told associates later, "that
If I expected to get along I bad to
put lea on my head and a bridle on
my league. Right then and there I
decided I would never get mad with
anybody again."
Kltchln waa determined [to live
up to hla resolution. Hla sucres*
Is marlted Ih the expression of those
gathered bare for tbe runeral st flv*
o’clock thl* afternoon tlifglr dlscu*-
slon# center attetind the quick, clear
and bright personality of
the man.
Baaffrroas in 1 resale
When Kltchln retired aa democra
tic leader of the house, James ft
Mann. Illinois, with whom tbe North
Corollnlan often had engaged In ar
gument. declared Kltchln waa danger
oua In debate because bis attack*,
like a brick In a towel, were wrap
ped In smile*.
Duriag the period of poor health,
dating from (he spring of Ift2o when
he Buffered a breakdown as a re
sult of his strenuous duties during
the war. Kltchln held on to his smile,
bis good humor remaining until be
drifted Into *em I- unconsciousness
last Monday at a hospital In Wilton.
Death cam* early yesterday morning
I’nneral Services
Rev. Cherle* Anderson, pastor of
th* Baptist church kera, of which
the former minority leader wa* a
member for many gpß> wtel amtenrt
lb* funeral service*, teak R.-Sailer.
Robert C. Josey. Jr.. James U
Shield*. Jr . R. A. Down, c H. Bag
iflted, L. SL JUtehhi, (Heart Bmlth, and
UDLIHBORO. I. Oe SATI BBAf NOBXlftli. JI'JIR *, IM
William Uvarion. Waiftingtoe. D C.
will be tbe active palftearera.
The Baptist la (laar lb*
town. In It ate bodies of Mr. Kltch-
In’a father, who also tme* represent
ed this district In congress. and
other nvembers of lhs| Kltchln fam
ily. W. W Kltrhiit, 4 brother who
haa served In congress And la • fohn
•r governor of NDrilr; Carolina, has
been In failing health lor some time
Woodrow WHsoft Wire*
St'OrutNp - NEt'K.l June I.—" A
llow me to exproaa mylheartfelt sym
pathy to you In the Iroa of your dis
tinguished husband." (former Presi
dent Wilson today talkgraphed Mrs.
Claude Kltchln. widow- of the former
minority leader t>f the house of rep
resentatives. who tiled yesterday. “I
hope that your recoiled lon of Ih*
valuable services be rendered th*
country will prove a partial solace
to you."
Although Mr. Wlla<fc and Repre
sentative Kltchln differed on a hum
bar. of public Issue* It wag under
stood when th* lattes recently left
Washington they both Mere on friend
ly tonus. 1 'if
Other Measdges
Other telegrams expressing sym
pathy cautioned to bh received by tha
family.'’ * • i ,
"Pleaaa accept my Jeepeat aympa
Uiy In the death of yotfr dlatlngulsbed
husband," read* me from William G.
McAdoo "Me waa a man of uncom
promising Integrity, Invincible cour
age. lofty patriotism and brilliant
qualHle* of leaderohfp" Hla death is
a groat loss ta .hla party and to bla
country." «
Jam#* K, Varda men. the Charlotte
Chamber of Commerce, President
Harding and hundreds of others are
among those who have aenl tele
grerna.
CLOSE HUH OFFICER
OR VETERANS’ BUREAU,
WASHINGTON. June I.—Th* sub
offleers of tbe veterans bureau at Ral- ‘
high. N. C. and Chattanooga, Tenn .
will be closed and only medical unite
and training offloera maintained there,
Director Hines announced today. Tba j
order becomes effective aa aoon aa
possible and Is In line with tbs an
nounced policy of reducing Ih* field
activity of the bureau wherever Ibe •
nupiber of former service men In so
small aa not to warrant continued
bsavy administrative expense*
COTTON NTEAD *
NEW TURK. June I - rotten clos
ed steady July 2fc.*6; Oet 33 34;
Dec. 23 >(>; Jan 23C4; March 21M;
spot* quiet; middling 27 56.
MANE BALL MENTCI.TN •• i
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AMERICAN
New T*rh I. He*tee 6
Wnshlaoten Adit Pbllndelphte 7-1
(Mroge 6. Nt. I.*«l» H.
IMreit A. Ilevelamt 1.
NATIONAL
Iteafon >, Hro*h|yn fl.
t'inclanali 5. Chicago fl.
Phlldelpbla N New l»ei «.
PIEDMONT
Hlaktea-Naleai M| Dnrham l-l
Raleigh if-ii High I’wlnl H-7.
Grrenabero 6. Danville 7.
VIRGINIA
N*f-felk>. Klcbmead A.
P*rt«moalh fl, Reeky Meant A,
Petersburg 1% Wllaea A.
RALLY
Charlotte fl, Mpariaabarg fl.
Celambla fl, Marea fl. e*\
Greensville 7, AagaMa fl,
REMY UUMCH PLUS
FIR COMIiMTY SLOG
Meeting Again at Chamber Fol
lowing Thursday Night n
Meet; Launch Fla mi
citizen* of the rlty again held a
meeting In the chamber of commerce'
yesterday afternoon for Ibe purpose
us beginning tbelr program tor a
community building to occupy the
lot opposite the court house which
haa been throe-fourths peld for for
»ueh a purpose. Th* meeting Thuro
fffka maatONt “yanteafl^ 1
Captives Be free
TIENTSIN, June l.~tßy th* An
soc(kit'd Press V All tbe foreign cap
-11 van. how hold by tha Buohaw train
bahdtlA la their.Phetiuhu ktrogghold
WIN BA rs lee amt in a (aw ae
rordlng lo Majar Robert A. AHea,
United Btalee Army Modicai Corps.
wbo arrivpd hero last
panlrd by W Smith, ah Kqgllahiuan,
twit men having been released by
.the outlaw* Wednesday.
Major Alien was greeted by hlk
wife end Mr*. Rolpnd W. Ptngsr. Tb#
latter’* husband. Major Plnger. still
la held. Mrs Ingag appealed greatly
distressed at tb* probable fata of her
Bualiitnd. but Major, Allen reaanurnd
her with the statement that all tie
captives Mmp would be out
Mew Goad, PaHh
Tbe Cbinea# official* negotiating
with Ibe l.endlt* demanded that the
■outlaws show tbelr good faith by ro
leeslug two foreign prisoners. Major
Allen said The bandits demurred
si Aral, declared the major, but fl
nally announced:
“ "All right, we will rolanne two gray
heads,”
Mr. Bmiih, Ml* bhgltah tourist,
who Is around the alxty-pur mack,
waa jubilant. Ua said ba was Mger,
to resume bis.lour of tba Kgr East,
but added that "In tbe latare 111
fight ahx as bandit centers "
Ttf* Khgllslimaa brought down •
tmekstful of souvenirs from tba ban
dit camp. Major Allan also brought
an old sword with a curious scab
bord He said he traded 1 Int of
cigars for It.
NAaed Nt ral nHeU
The of Hmlth. H
waa said, war* amazed that aa fraM
a man could withstand the terrible
forced marches which tba bandjte at
■rat Inflicted. * Mr. Smith a*td bla]
only complaint waa rlWMaaa
“Bui w* did not show the white
feather." said ha. "It bob bean ant
extraordinary enperteaee. jhfHllng'
and even romantic, but 1 wouldn 1
go through It anala fur n million
dollars.” • ... -
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MORE STORES SIGN
THURSDAY CLOSING
-I -- y- w .Tj
Several more storm including
laaaa'a hav> bean- added to the psw
posed cloalna aareewant by which'
store* ary to give employee* a hhff
holiday each Thursday, M waa de
clared yesterday by repretefllflltMS
of the Businas* and Profaaaloiial
Women wbo backed by tbe Mer
chants Association are fostering the
movement. The plan wga In apar* -
lion lust refer sad It Is expoelad to
go In op*ration again this fat al
one o'clock Thursday. 1
States which have signed gra eg
follows: * :
Albritton A Cox. H. H Jenkins.
i Penders. A. A P. Store*. K. M Davit.
W. R. Thompson. Mrs. C. Margotea,
Tbe Mutual Hlorea, Inc., N. A. Ed
wards. L. K. Pearson. R. A. Creech.
Goldsboro Booh Store, Publlr Mar
ket. J. O. Derr A Bros., Ho>a|l A
Borden. Kflrd'a Department Store, H.
Well A Bros. Smith Hardware Co ,
| My Haberdashery. Wyne Shoe Store.
' Howard's, Pearl Creech, R. I. Old
den's. Dixie Bicycle Shop. Carter
Electric Ca, G. E. Cogdell. Yalverion
Hardware t'O. Barnes-Harrall-Rawl
[ Ing* Co, Park* Grocery Co. (provid
ed oTher retail grocer* cloaal. Par
roll A Crech, Nell Joseph, 8, Kan
nan. Singer Sawing Machine office.
Smith A Pelt. Woolwortb. t oken.
Epstein. *
The qflnvaa* will ronllnu* till com
pleted.
CHAPEL HILL TAI.KB OF
SHORT WAY TO RALEIGH
CHAPEL If ILL. June l. - Among
the citizens of Chapel there u.
going on ronalderghl* talk of tk*
po»*lblllty of a direct read from bar*
to Raleigh, rutting off to mites from
tbe present TU-mlla trip byway of
Durham. Part of tbe bard-aurfac*
1 Central Highway the Mtr*|ab ke
i tween , Raleigh and Morrtevttl#
. would be part of Ibe propoaed abort
' route, the plan being to put In ahapa
Ibe “old Raleigh road" between bar#
| and Morrlsvllle- In other, words, lo
1 substitute one side of a triangle for
I the two sides that now have to he
traveled.
Whether anyhllng will come of the j
talk 1a of couraa not known. Thai
Morrterillc-t impel 1111 l slretrh paaeeal
through four counties Grange. Du
rham. Chatham, and Wake-and It U'
doubtful If the counties ran raise:
ih* money.
Thera remains the chance (hat the
Stale Hlghvfhy Commission will de
cide to take the route Into the Rial*
j system Mayor Roberson has already
asked the commission to make n aur
i v*y 'of It. and tbe request I* under
consbterotlon Os course making a
I *urvfte®>** not commit the commla
\ slon to taking the road orov*-It la
merely to gel Information.
MOVIE PRICER DEFLATE
( KINSTON. May 31.- Deflation
brought joy lo hundreds of youngsters
1 here today Movie admission prices
I dropped. Taw eawta to IBs fee local
lie fill Mm team wAM-pay te th* f«-1
tar* HflpaAaAaw Mm prte* was 20
roMR. AAwHa wIU pay M easts In th*
ran pager
FINISH EVIDENCE K
sen mat nut
Bye-WitiMM To Slaying of Father By Son Don
found* Court Room By Saying Ho Nom 1 v
Stopped Work or Repeated Staff
Both the State and the de
feoae rested their case yester
day In the Smith murder trial,
the state early in the day aad
the defense juat before court
was adjourned. Three phyal
ciane. as experts, the defend
ant, the defendant’s wife, and
one eye-wttneaa, L. J. Deans,
Johnson county lumberman,
who claimed he was in thirty
Knds of the scene and aaw
way Smith slay his father.
Charles E. Smith, with an axe
on April Ift, all testified. yes
terday. Dean* Wet foul'd on
the streets Thursday night at
eleven o’clock, and when put on
the stand yesterday he dum
founded the courtroom, packed
with men, women, and even
children, by_ declaring that
though so near the place where
he aaw young Smith atrihe
dowfc hia father he did not even
ceaae his work of loading logs
on a car, but want right ahead
and late that evening went on
home without telling whet he
had saen to a llvintr soul.
This morning arguments will be
sts Is (he esae and perhaps wilt he
concluded Is tfte morning Tlre-or
sis speeches wil he meae aad then
the nsee ms* git to the Jury hr the
middle of the sflemooe
Teatlfyii.g Is hie oers behalf Dewey
Smith, charted wtt* (he murder A
hie rther Jobs I, Smith, wealthy
Wayne ceontj farmer, yesterday de
clared lh«t hu father hod attached
JM*», «i «mr oceeatajsa. The Inst
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Governor Smith SigniTja
Kill Killing the
Gage Prohibition
‘ISSB! ft&gil
Says Yield. No Man Leva far CawetSwtiSL^^VHi
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AI/lIANY. N Y./June 1.-—(By tbe
Aaooclated Press, i Governor Hmltk
thin evening signed tbe rimiuk leg
islative Mil wiping tbe Mullln-Qag*
•fat* prohibition enforcement net off
ih* statute book*.
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And ba went further.. According
to tbe urging of bla friends that ba
atrffca a note for a campaign far tha
raturn of llgbt atlaaa and baar ba
denounced tka % M l par <seni al
coholic bararaga oontanta provided la
tba Volstead Act aa Iba "work of fa-'
ngUral dry a” calling on f’ongraaa to
modify it to a "common aaaaa maxi
mum" and than leave aaeh atata fraa
to set a Agure below that maximum
If It so daalraa.
“I yield tot no man In my rarer
•nee andreapaet to tba roattitutloa
of tba iTnttad fttntaa and I advocate
nothin* which will lafrlage upon tba
provlalona or the P.lgbteen Amend
ment." tba Governor aald. "It la
oavvrtbateaa a fact tbat the deAnitioa
of ip Intoaicaiing baverag contained
In life act ia not aa honest
or a r common-aenaa one. ' It In Im
possible to divert from the public
mind the Impraealoo that tha dal
nlllon of an intoxicating Itaveraga aa
<<onUlat«g not more than % of 1>
per rani of alcobol was written byj
lb* fanatical drye In defiance of tba
general sipeflence of maakiad aad
of actual fact. It seams to ma that
common-sense barked up by good
medical opinion can And temperate
deinitioßa of wbat ronatltatee aa In
toxicating beverage.
"Such a definition should ba adopt
ml by Congress as a reasonable
amendment to the Volstead act and
a minimum alcoholic coolant should
be .prescribed by Congress which
would limit all etalee to Ibe tralAc
whhln meaning of Sbd Klghteeath
Amendment. Hubject to tbat limits j
lion each Htata should thereafter be
left free to determine Itself .whatj
conelbnies aa Intoxicating beverage.
States then which wish to limit la
loalruts to beverpgea' containing not
loan than Vk of 1 per cent could do
eo.”
The Governor emphasised however
tbat the mere repeal of the Mullen
Gaga Act accomplished by bla signs
lure did not alter tbe effectiveness
of tbe VMstead Act In Ma present l
form aa long aa It stands uamodl-
Aed aad aevarl notice on all police
of Seers of tbe State tbat they would
I be expected to enforce the Volstead
, Act "In tta strictest latter.“
"The Governor's action on the Uul
Uas-Gage repeal aaepanre ‘ wMtfc
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MEMBER Or
ASSOCIATED PRRCS
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■PPW- WIW*
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occurred on the day es *e tree*
alaytng es hie father with ae ade'ea
April it. and the ethef Mm-ftmh
before the ktlUsc ftke dsfaedeht jK
rd. Mia wife who alee titMftedrJf
rnttorated all her M*em»edla, «-
»or CPU IBt Mis HO gftk
)>athing ibee oe the «MlS«2h.|ae
day he eaa billed (dat tgUS
raped him The eMerfHd&gnm
ui M ,ui leaeety >.ui of i^MW
taring trasiianr puZdtft,«(St
to do eirtiMu" he
u IMHI at the
parallel from the* Mtlap aft a Mima .
dene «ai deecrthed ibaaeQM gjdfc
under siren eendttfsaa. 'SHh
iratimony wse eerraheflMdft itw * ftA
BedHbe'couid find jhSh
wwlty. Dr Albert jrluF
••eh. and Dr. Undell. df ike ftOftna.
teetldeft. » V- , ...'7',;
Mm —‘~i~rllnai) frideape e«er
beerd here In e aterdsr Mil wan
that of a lumberawd M| Mml
county who I oil Bed tint ha MtH
lug log h on a -TtfrjlPgW,
yards of the m-ees -At M
not even atop hia iraHL
io « «out He wap a Mhbl|A,
tlgla a Wvw
had been gg %»
portaot measure u farting -3
mm since the snaring
sl. ail art was paaaed # ...
In llsair. Humtuoaeg U
lift fTol Mg *3 %
lure and aald: Soya f«|M|
Cd the Muilen*>Ofgt
44f1t0 tflMMi -li'.it* :
To gnMa Um SM jtMnMim
the governor had M I HlHs M
Heal friends. bnaed an MSlMSugTpf
bla winning tha DaMlgMMdgMtß*-
lion for PruatdaM tfßmJMi ndndgmv
Os four ad half hours Wwß&m' *
and agalaat signing, several hna&M*>
of briefs presented to M» aUßkhetT
lag aad aeveral hampers full as Iluhri
and telegrams which heCa Man mm
«P for a month. ;
Hpectatrra at tho UH»lfcHi
In tba repealers adalMl'|rMhnMt ff
throughout tonal Os
he unbent a few tlsne* to IggHyMb »'
the crowd, bla mirth nnn #rMotf
the argument with Wllllgili AarghidL
I’nitde Wales Attornaf a* tfced£2£
era district of Nov yurt. |)MT«
city), and w. B. wteglnf, gpngrml
counsel for tha ABU-flQigfih<VfSfSf ff
dreaaga wore made hy tha^nti'jhS
°PPo»«ta of tho tefg*. k » JTt.
ianma P Holland. SMHftBH Os Bh» '
Naur Yorh Blato »——flgg g(
who also represented SfMMMi tmp
era. praeldeal of the
catee of repeal . Ha win fttiptra*
sow. h otiiett. go£!Sr3£'| V Jnr
the Association Opposed ta thh Tt*-
hiuitioa Amendment tad a acord of
short talkers. { «. ;|• f .
asers of PMnongd^'^BgHlHf
«rre la recor4f>4