. WEATHER
Q«*i; pW»Hi< by nil ItMiy.
Colder at Bight. Satorday talc.
VOLUME SIX; NUMBER 251
STATE RESTS IN SNIPES MURDER TRIAL IN RICHMOND
Mrs. Faison ;
Tells Stoty
Faison Brought Prince
ton Woman to Her
Home And At One
Time She Nursed Her,
FAISON HAD SOUGHT |
MINISTER’S ADVICEj
Faison May Go On Stand!
This Morning; Expect
Arrival New Witness.
IT. D NUCKUUJI
• RICHMOND, V«., Dec. 15.
The commonwealth rested its
c&se against John W. Faison
charged with the ■ murder of
Mrs. Elsie Holt Snipes here No
vember If, this afternoon at
8:80 o’clock, and Mrs. John W.
Faison, wife of the nccused, had
launched into her testimony
when the second day of the trial
came to a dose!'
Ten defense witnesses who
preceded Mrs. Faison failed to
offset materially the .evidence
presented by the prosecution in
view of the fact that the jury
was out of the room the greater
part of the .afternoon, while
counsel argued the admisnability
of evidence.
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Frequent cluhes between
Is tbe gourde of which the duress*
cbalged tbs polios cut lbs telephone
wires si ths Filiou home st the time
of serving ths warrant and uifter
wise oasd third degree method*. uurk
.Ml ths aflcrnoou sssalon.
The stata closed ita caae after plac
ing Dr. K, M.Fietxant, Dr. C. L. Ntw
land. Dr. Htsart Mlchaux. Dr. 7. N.
Whitfield. Min Virtgluia Wrlgbt and
dclsrtira Sergeant B. O. Organ on the
stand. The physicians who trcited
HiVa. Snipes at Stuart Circle Hoapltal
as hi they aaw no avldsncc of power
burns or hetrd Faison ash the dytns
womin. “Klale tell u* why ybu did
this?"
Mis* Wright corroborated the te*tl
- glvsn yesterday by her ulster.
Mist tiesste Wright, living in the a
partmebt above Mrs. Snipes bedroom
they said tbay pore awakened by a
pistol abot mid heard a voice below
exclaimt ''Cod. God, 1 have killed
poor ISlalc. God have mercy on my
' poor soul. What will f do?" Kalson
admitted be was In Mrs. Snipes a
portmont whan tba fatal shot was
fired, but e.lwlms the woman killed
herself with bis pistol.
Mrs. Faison went on the wltncsi
stand at |:3O o'clcft. About the mid
dle of August, her husband brought
Mrs. Snipes to hor horns where they
were Introduced* On another occasion
Mrs. Hntpes, sick nod dsllrous. came
to her home and spent the night Mrs,
(Continued #a Pure Twod
Liiitty Gets Designation Oi
Bashful Beau By Mexicans
MEXICO CITY. Dec Me
xico roll quelled Willi AmerlcaSi. bash
ful beau today, giving him a recep
tion that Impressed Mm more than;
any other he lwd received at home or
a broad. * - ( *
Flags and hauling In the t apftsl of
the StMHheru UepuhHn vit4 whh
New Yorks Uchee tape and the bo
qitete and rtedale of Washington. Pur
|r. and London In scclslmfug Col.
Charles Lindbergh as the darling at
ibe'people wherever lie goee.
, Preeldent Callee. who bugged the
American filer on hie nrrivgl renter
day put the official teal on the na
thins welcome by a half hour conver
sion with him lu hie pHvale office.
Ihe aviator Icfl the palace lor an af
ternoon Jet. eight teeing' to he followed
hy n fe/e l» Uh* 'honor arranged hy
tbe Foreign office at one of Ihe city*
.largest theatres
t Lindbergh eeld “I have never been
M? Impressed ty any of my receptions
inyjrbere «g tiers In Mrtlcci and l
TOE GOLDSBORO NEWS f
READ IN THE MORNINQ WHILE MINDS ARE FRESH—READ BY BUYERS BEFORE THEY BUY.
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ADMINISTRATION LOSES
V. M. I. PLACED UNDER QUARANTINE
AS INFANTILE PARALYSIS APPEARS
LKXUMHrof. Van Pee. lA
(At'.)-Infantlie paralysis has
appeared at Vlnflala Military la-
I stMate 1 4 eaase jMstpoameat of
the Christmas holidays far the
stadeata away at wheat had net I
yet reeerered fall prlt Mae* after
the reeeat Undent strike.
Fear deflatte ease* and three
doubtful one* were aaaeaared to
day by the Buportwtepdeot who ,
LEGION HOLDS |
PEPPY MEETING
150 Brave One of Raweat Night*
Os Year to Htir Interest
ing Program
i"
Oud of the rawest nights of thy j
year did not prevent ISO people garn
ering at the Community Memorial
dutldlng last avenipg In the first op
en meotlng of the year for the Am
crlcen lant ion. Addresses from Cot.
George K. Frermnn. Cspt. Edgar Bain
and musical select loo* by Ward's or
chestra and Ibe Community Hulldlim
quartett made up tbs program.
Cot. Freereun Varried the audience
in* Id iuluut*t.lk from Paris to Hol
land byway of Italy. Huinanla, Aus
tria, Germany, France uu'd
He described graphically his tour or
Europe following the„.Parla Con veil -
tlon and the cental reception which
legionnaires everywhere received
In Parts, ha said, the LpgUmmtro* j
were given a reception similar to the
reception which JJifjs v rece,lved when j
they arrived eymemberkof the A IS ‘j
F. lu lt*l7 und lull \
Capjaln Hatu dlscussedVfUg eti
quette. Illustratlna the -
tor using the national colors for de
corative purposes.,,
World War souga by Ward s, orches
tra and ths rumipunliy Building four
made a big hfi and It Is probable that
OVer 'There songs will Ire made a
feature of each meeting lu tbs future,
all Joining In the singing.
pr. C. F. Htrosnlder. commandant
could uot be present, and vlce-Com
ntandaut Dees presided ni the meet
ing. He Introduced Senator Knniie'li
Itoyall who outlined what the Ameri
can liCgion Is doing In XtiTno county
telling of the work sponoaorod at
Oteen.
Vice-Commandant Dees urged that
all who hare not. filed sppllcatlou for
their bonus Insurance should do so
before December 31, the last day po»- -
niblc for the filing of applications. He
told also of the goal of *f>o members
set for the localj'lilist.
wori.ii mom: COTxai.
FORffTUvT
WASHINGTON, Dec 16—<4*1 -An
Investigation of the Issuance or the
otlo(i price forecast by the fiepnrl
rnent of Agriculture last September
was proposed today by BenntorilMay
fleld. Dcmocrt, Texas.
e ‘ ~~ _
am very grateful for the warmth and
spontanltety of.the eepreeslon of good
atll.'* *
■ »
Dan Boney Names
His Assistants
RAM It H. Lee It l/K> Hut* in-:
surancf commissioner I>an C Bonvy-j
tonight announced appointment of
Omar loroqus. a native of l<enoir
county, a* deputy commissioner In
charge of the loan division of his:
department end. of Captain A i.’..
Fletcher. former tilllef ‘clerk, as dep
uty commissioner, to Urn lud
liiirancc division.
Mi. Ht/nry said the position <f tjhief
deputy oommisiloner formerly held hy
him will be‘abolished eg will that of
rblef clerk. effective January. I,
declared lb# school under qaarau
list unlit December « after ■
conference wHk Federal Stale und
Health authorities. - fc
* While Ike egses bate Ween care-
Ua Helps ted It was rewarded se
fully (saluted und no other cnees
hlfklj undesirable (but Ibe »tad
cuts return tc fbelr bames In
U steles because of Ibe risk el
eurryte* fkelr Infection.
Fail In Effort To °
Impeach Governor
OKLAHOMA CITY. Der. !5-~<fP>
—-gulling and uncharted legal son
In nn effort to oatabllah Its Juris
diction to try Governor Henry
Johnson. < hid Justice Branson
and Harry Cordell, board of agri
culture president, on Impeachment
charges, Ihe Oklahoma Senate to
day encountered three Judicial
b>r*.
An attempt to get Ihe question
before the orlminnl court of np
peals failed when the State court
refused D> lasae a writ of hub*#*
corpus 1 * K If. Lewi*.
MOTHER OF MRS.
REMtJS ON STAND
9 he In Twwtifyinß When Stale
Suddenly Re*!» In Ita
’Caae
IV tdb Cnp
pltig Its t i -c-nil <:• or*:,«
ltemu« to tm tin irl- i n'ulr fw-wffir
t... I).. ttttO 'llt'Ul 111 >.||.\ p ' 1 '-II
<>d as u witness the 67 year old gray
haired mother of the wife U-' slew
and, with the Jury still Inaffmg for
ward eagerly t» catch her low-voiced
testimony, suddeuly rested It* case
The defense also attempt ml to
• pilot: a coup. It unexpectedly an
nounced Its cuoo was closed. That
left out of the record the final report
of three alienist* who today present
ed their rlnsl conclusions:
“That ihf defendant was sane at
the time of the eammlaslou of the act
'f ths killing on October fl, 1927.”
Prosecutor Charles Tuft mutnrtcd
he lutd depended it pm Judue Shook
to csll the nllcnlst but got permis
sion to reopen the qase and lay bc
lore the July the finding to which
Itenins had boutyl himself to adhere.
' Co-counsel with Itenins objected
He never hnd asserted Ills adherence
to the final report of the slleulai.
Judge Shook referred to Hcmus own
pleading last October I. announcing
Its determination to faro trial on u
first dpgree murder trial and bound
himself to adhere to ths ultimate deter
mlnaliou of Ills sanity by th* .throe
alienists
4
Jl INI IS FAI.L HEAD
W'KBONVIDMJ. Dec. in (Ah-
Ithydon M C»||. United Stales District,
Judge of Southern District of Florid?
t Inc# 19 13 died today. -—„
Ls ,<r n
'•VL.
KM/
only
5= 7
t f r»i |1 liAVn
1 ■hnnphmmmm
GOLDSBORO, N. C. FRIDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 16. 1927
3 Amendments
Cut Tax Bill
Democrats Are Aided
By Number of Repub
licans in Victory Se
cured
SHAVED ANOTHER
64 MILLION OFF
Measures
Senate -Ualls For Re
duclion of $289,000,000
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15. (A.
I’.) —With h Democratic-Repub
lican coalition holding a whip
hand, the House tonight passed
the tax bHI with three major
amendments which were vigor
ously opposed by Republican
leader*. - . '
On flip final showdown however,
only 21 ltcpubllrans were willing to
fio on record against ..the measure af
ter exhausting every means
ate three contested
r.mong the m ine for repeal of thA
miles lax on automobiles. Thu vote nn
passage was 366 to" 21..
Hciit in tho Hbliato within
irom tho time Uongrcas convened, the
hill as approved (alls -tor nn estl
nfnted ltnnnal cdt tis 1269.7T0W00 Ip
freusnry revenne compared with ths--
»275,73J.000 reduction proposed b.v the
Ways and Means committee, which
whipped* ih* measure Into shape be
tore the start"of tho session. Its total
Is IM.TTO.dM above the 122G.000.000
•uiRfPSU'd by Herretary Mellon os the
i-.'ifo maximum and many of Us provi
sions differed radically ’ from treas
ury recommendations.
W _____
WAKE FLOGGING
CASE GOES ON
County t’onvicl SupcrviHor Goes
Or. Stand To Deny Charge
Again*! Hint
.
HADPHOH. Dec 16 (A»» Denial by
Jhe defend*nl A. Belshe. county mad
tsmp ihat he flogged h'. Jones,
countryv'sttiro keeper lor his alleged
threats against the nelghlairhood
thnreh and for liquor celling an I
qdestions »» to the ritual of the K K K
rtgured promineutly In Wako county’s
flogging trial today. Uelslte testiflud
lie was not at the whlpijing scene
Four others said Belshe did not leave
his r-tod ramji on ths night In quri-
Hph.
The Stale went deeply Into the Ku
Klux Klan'e allegcl connection with
the flogging. This phase of cross ex
amination being centered on Detiuty
J'Uherlfr Clyde W oat her*, also charged
'With Hogging, who nil muted his mem
bership "111 t’h,. ordet Ho said th<
oath of the Klan was binding for life
hut Thrre Is locthtug In it to cause
him to violateI’civil 1 ’civil hw.
Dr J ft IJesta-r. u former presi
d"lil of 'be county na-dwat society nn»r
under Indlcttflctlt, In* HU* and other
flogging r ase* ,liko Ihputy Weather/.
w_g* .stjfabjeyHd to n etiff cross exami
nation by .Ihe State lla admitted’
membership In the Klan and also In
the new' order which replaced the
Kbm- -hrrp -Tfrr- -phyrh iafl fpiTlTWl
Uwd *• ~“• ykiH' sir" ttrsV"-'
\fuyoa~<a«r~floia« I bot-dhat as far u ’
he kluw tjclshe w•* n t. Ils denied
that' he i amp.. In Kah-igh on the > ante
night Jones Was flogged to get a klan
robe
1 Organize Parlies To
Search For Vessel
MO.VI ItKAL. Canada. Imc IS U l9
Land parties have Wen organised to
-I ”Ur the const line 4,f 1.-.ike Super
jf lor for dues as to the fate of U»e
Vicgm'br Kamloops missing with her
">wew of 2ii men slm e tho storm which
1 rs'ept the Great loikes last week,
HOUSE BATTL
33 CHILDREN BURNED AND 23 ARE
MISSING IN AWFUL ORPHANAGE FIRE
I Q, KIU ’ . lie. U OVO-TW
Ire sheeted rains of M. A harles
orpbaunge for girls bad ghen Ibe
bodies of S 3 children who perUk
rd when fire destreyrd (he balid-
Ing test night. Twentj-one other*
were mis,lng. The loss was ei
tlnstted to be M.UMWH.
Tbroagboai the day firemen
combed the wreckage white grief
. slrkkea parents Heseged tba
morgue In search of Ibrlr child
Mr. Hooks Receives
Vet Pension Checks
Ilynum Futrall. Grantham town
ship veteran, was tho first to re
ceive Ills semi annual pension
check front perk of Court J. H
Hooks. Check for 16 other old
soldiers gnd for 41 widows havg
been received and Mr. Hooks says
that they will Iks distributed be
fore Christmas,
Boldtcrs reetorc II S 3. each
and widows receive I.V). A lotgl of
U.GtM) to 14.090 will go to tho vet
erans und to veterans widows in
Ihe county. . »'
FUNERAL RITES
° ARE IMPRESSIVE
Rev. J. C. Wooten Conducts
Services For Mrs. M. E.
Higxell From Itopie
Kriii era I service* beautiful In
th*lr simplicity were held yesterday
afternoon from the home on Eas:
W alnijt street for Mr» M E. Hlssnll.
who illnd Into Wednetulay afternoon at
lor n long period of Illness. * *
Many frlnnda filed sorrowfully into
the homo just prior to 0 the I o'clock
liour to pay their laat reaped* to a
woman Who for thirty-seven yaara'
had llvrd In Goldsboro and had drawn
the city to her bean. Despite the chill
dump penetrating afternoon they came
those who hud regarded her aa friend
arid aa more than friends.
Ope aoiig wa* sung Iter. J. C-
Woolen of Durham, a-relative of the
deceased, read, the Methodlat burial
rijtual. uaats'ed hy Her. H. K. Ilrown,
pastor of the Ooldaboro Methodist
circuit. With j» strange lieauty. the
comfort lug word* of tha service were
Intoned. There was another aonst—
nn old fuvorlte—and tlic flower blutr*
ld i. it casket was born from ilia house ,
cut undrr the blank skies, to the
hearse and to the grave In Willow
Dale <>!tft«vy . ' '
Here ncaln tlyj, services were brief
blit Impressive. ,
Mess'utes of sympathy'* from all
ports jr.f the Stale yesterday rea<Urt
the hernaved /amlly here. Os a name
long given to greatness In this Mr*
thm of tfcr state. thh high esteem In
which the jfo.'d woman w.ih held w)»•
i.how In the ntipirrotis and vai>«d
floral offering* Many of the orgnm*
zailoim of the <llv which Mrs.
nisxcll had been associated In her
long nnd useful Ilfs sent wreath* but
many came from Individual* scatter*
id over Eastern North Carolina. j
lIKMPHEf ELM** TO
Till’ COMIBAI K ACAW j
NEW YORK. I>w. 15 (4^—Jack
Ihmpsey plans In make another effort
to regain Ills lieavywelg'lrf crOwa/fifolU
—***nc T»ss« susHwer*A-**
vsxusttas. . twr. tot
trli-rnim frttjn Dempsey to that *t—j
(eel The pi .guutiT believes the" form- (
,*r champion *MII l» the greatest;
drawing eard Ift the ring.
ti\l*Tl UK IOM. MOTIIKV
WITH HALFtWOLK MOOD
. lIRAINEJtD. Dec la The
days M the Klondike, when native
dr.gs werg crowed by a strain of
Woolf blood, seemed to have been du
plicated in crpw Wing county when
Krauk Peterson, examined hi* trap
I ne nnd cwne upon a den In which
!£ *Utph»r<l dog of the most savage
n autre was sik kilim a llttler of half*
Mwd wolves.
res. Name of the missing It was
belle* rd bad been" taken borne by
friends und relatives wke bad eel
reported them safety.
Only I wwsle of charred wreck*
age marked Ike glare where the
Pt-year eld orphanage had boeo.
A modern wing, however, was as
loarhed by the Games. Borrowing,
crowds which ftoeked to the blase
last night returned today I# aid
la the search as the rates.
GIVE CANTATA
SUNDAY NIGHT
St. Paul Mclhodi*! Church la
PracticinK For Annual
Christman Munic
The choir of ftfteep voices of Bt.
Paul Methodist church Is practicing
0
(tally now In preporatluu for the
Christmas cantata "The Angelic
Choir" to be presented Buudty even
ing at 7:30. W. L. Frederick, director
of tha chojr, Is nl charge of the pro
grem.
For euverwl years uo* music lov
er* of the city hkve looked forward
to ihe annual cJirlstma* mnslc at Bt.
Caul Always their expectations havo
lecji realised
Members of. the ctiolr are as fol
lows:
Boprauo* ~ Mrs. Carter, Mr* Whar
ton, Mr*. Frederick. Miss Rsnny l*»u
Brodum. Miss Btells Crunc. Mlae
Eleanor Kornegay. Miss lluckncr.
Alto Miss Mary- litqms CBddena.
Miss Knln Racklay. Good-,
arliL Mies Christine Pridgen.
Tenor K. K. Finlay, Geo. Bpenco
Baas -John Waters, P. G. Mlddlo
lon. '
Organist. Mr*. Georgia Bynum. IHr
cctor. W. I* Frederick.
<1 •'
Many Charges Made
At Naval Hearing
WAHHINOTCM. Dec. ll—</P> — A
barrage Os arcuaatlou* of inefficiency
and waste In naval admlnlatratlon waa
laid today around the heads of high
Duval officers by one of their Urotb
iis In command. Admiral Thomas
MoGruder. Defending before tho
Uouse naval committee his recently
publlshtNl articles attacking tbs Navy,
MoHruder dodaredf that there were
too tpany high officers, that seven
Navy Yards could be abolished and
tint tho navy should have ships
lilult °ln private yards rather than
sttempt (lie const ruction Itself,
uspect Robber Gang Went
From Goldsboro to Clinton
Are robbers 'Who made effort* to
break -Into Clinton buslnesa aa.trly
Hit* week the samp one* wlfo entered
Uni (tabor o Stores and home* K*ltlnK
,nV|g.fsM In money add a quantity
of gooda ten day* a*o. Ixm*l police
: have solved two of the easaa— tin
[ robbery of J C. Penney Company
] iud llie robbery of Hhe Mu» Station,
t i!k y believe but several other case*
I remain a nty«te,r>| "
Some believe thkt the work Inpart
was tbiit of an organised gsng now
operating In Eastern Jforth Carolina.
\rw Item wat In Jiave been »!»•
'bed a’ abort mne benyor.trittgattHnrg: f
Tli»,' following from the fyirappvn ln
• dependent gives an' account of tfic af
j forts at robbery In Clinton.
Itotibi r» who left no eluc a* to Ibelr ;
Identity on Monday night made at- ’
tempts to enter four of Cllnlon'a bust- .
j 'less house*. but ut only one ptaoe.
jef
that of the Vann Motor Company, did
they succeed In eff«icttng entrance. j
place they aom*
j :«w dollars In change which had been
i IMt In 1 the cash drawer It Is also j
believed that they carrlad away a«V- J
! era! tires and other auto acceaaortea.
| although a checkup will have to to*
' iu»i|e before tbjln fart I* verified. En
| trance was made by breaking a small
MEMBER OF
THE ASSOCIATED ~
PRESS
pbick rim cawta
Senators Deny
Hearst Ciarge
Publisher Hsd Publish
ed Story That Mexico
Paid sUls#» to
leaders * ♦
* _______ ■
PUBLISHER SUBMITS
PAPERS PRINTED
Borah, Heflin, LaFqttfet
te and Norris Had
„ Been Named By Nt#^
Stories..
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WASHINGTON, Doc. IX—<A.
P.)—Mexican document* pf <Jia
puted authenticity Haying tfcat
$1,215,000 had bM» net uMib
the government o# Me*U» foa
payment to Sena ton Borah,
Helfin. LaFoUetto’, and Noprl*
were laid before • Senate Com
mittee today and were iilltoff
cd immediately with unqnaUAed
denials by all principak faltolv
ed. •
The document* were submitted by
William Randolph Hearst la Whose
newspaper* they slreedy hhve heda
published In part. He told thp «dff
mlitee that while he M 4 rmuMO-to
believe Hie papers genuine ha hat Pe
evidence that any of the M**f Wa*
came befeh the ftaHHtWiPh
tartly and made”*** d*M»
onth. Borah of Idaha, .Whhr B- ••■P*
man of the Renat* Commtttto, *taWt
dole with International twAJoa.aaM
he had never been shpronehed "*tth
er casually, directly of *!»*—*Ma
tiny way shape cr form' ' ..! * *
Helfin or Alabama a«l4 h* h#d re
ceived »o money In coaahptfcNl Wgh
except from
Kink Klanaman and-ether# far as
pen*** of bis lecture* Jn Maim pad
demanded that tho commttlM
an example of thorn ragpaaalhla tar
the •charge*." *„ ~
l.aKolletqe doacrlbed the.altampl ts
link hla name with this mattAr «i
"infamnns and cowardly fraai*” v
Norris of Nebraska. ooaflMd la hip
house by lllnasa roM from hi* aldk
iwd to prepare a etalem***, tayitaf
‘ "he never had aa (Mr of aay Ihflpd*
tlon that anybody contemplatad offer*
log me anythlnf."
.11 ■, 1, ■■leu. —wMh—law
M IRTIIt
North Carolina: Rain tonight aa#
probably Friday morn la®: illghtly
eclder lu central port km , Friday!
fresh to strong south wfndi.
Place in the glaaa of the ddor, laeert
<"« a hand and taming tie loot from
the inside.
Ulast on the front door of tko
f.-lk-WlMlamson Co., store was aloo
fractured, butt It |« suppoeed that the ’
| ’fibers became frtgbtaoad and a
bendoned their alteippt her* toocauao
of fear of helot discovered, toy tet
ri trains pr a patrolman.
Ah attempt ;.%as made to oat«f the
to' me of the Lee and Neman* Oadp
l> 'i>y, but eo far as has bean learned*
P I* attempt was also aha*aeae4 CT
f' *b entrance wu rffadtofr '*■*■ ’■ ‘ '
V hit. u aiultr>> 3i* T», K*«*
‘kaUerad--by (he m.vrandgp, aad ttoe
» i«e of thla breaking Tnass probably
sored the owner of the store from
r crloua loss Several ypuag mea hod
left Cbeatnult’a Pharmacy toy ttoe
ixtek entrance going toward the Uto
tl. rwood Motor Company for 0 view’
of the new EOrd which had jott ar
rived. Hearing a Crash of branding
rlaaa they looked toward ttoa Hfto had
saw. some men attempting to eTawt
i i* rough the window. Seeing ttw
men the'robbed made a break gioaot
i he corner, aad made a getaway be
fore hie Identity coold toe iillflllo
ed.