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WEATHER Wf.' FHdgjr Mi fatarday; slowly rtalaC tomporataro Friday ; f v •' v m'tk i I n J :• volumbb*ven ; numbers HR SINCLAIR GAVE $260,000.00 TO REPUBLICANS Strange Circumstances Surround Suicide of Man Here Huge Contribution To Party Finances Came Aft§r Lease of Teapot VUwlfpi 1M by Win Hay* Testify lag Before SsMte OH CmrmlUcc HM.OM or HUM LATER RETURNED Hays Dsaios Anr KaowMfo of Coatlaoatal Ir«4iac Cost paay Deal WASHINGTON. March I—UP1 —UP» —Will H. Hum testtffcd today before the Bernal* Oil committee that Sinclair bad handed him 1369.090 in Liberty bond* for aae by the Republican aa t'onal cepmlttec after tbe oil opera tor* bad leaeed Teapot Dome. Os tbt* amount $190,000 actually waa uMd to balp extingeiah the com mittee deficit reaalting from tbe 1930 1 realdeatlal campaign which Hayes d'rected aa chairman of the natloaai committee. Tbe reaubilng $.199,000 belag returned to the oil operator. “I desire to say at the outset" „ Hays said, "that tbe oaly Information that bee come to my .knowledge about aay government bonds one* owned by tbe Oootlnetal Trading company ever baring been used for tba bene fit of the republican national com mittee la tba report from the investi gation of thla committee. "1 did not knew oflfc* existence qL the Continental Tracing company at the that f aaslated In ratting the de ficit of tba Rapubtloan national com mitts* and flrat ward of It In tbs public report'of tbl trial In Cbeyonne, »Vyo. “I do howevar. know that Mr. Harry T. Sinclair did turn over to me for tb* benefit of the Republican national committee In connection with the deficit a certain amount of goraramept bonds and these bonds may or nuy not hav* been originally in tbe poweasloo of the Continental Trading Company. Mr. Hays, who naw la heed of a large moving plctare organisation, tame to Washington primarily for the Leariags before the senate interstate commerce uognmlrtee on the Brook had MU to prohibit block booking of moving pictures. He previously had askedjhat the oil committer hear him and #an ted to appear before the two committees while nn this visit Instead of going before the oil com mittee at aoma later time. Tbe former national committee » chairman testified four years ago that from Harry F. Sinclair. tease* of Tea pot Dome In' 193* to help wipe out tb* deficit Inherited from the Herding campaign. It bat developed that bis contribution waa In tba form of liberty bonds which once formed part of tb* prpflta of tb* mysterious Con tinental Trading company of Canada. Fome of tbgae profits are alleged to have gone to Albert B. Fall after he leased Teapot Dome to Harry F. Sinclair. . •• V 1 Tom Heeney Wing Over Jack Delaney „ MADISON SQUARE GARDEN. Mar.. i—OF)—Tom Henney. the plodding battler from New Zeeland, continued ole march through the heavy ranks tonjght by deftstlng Jack Delaney, former light heavyweight champion ig a mauling 16 round semi-final of Tax Rickard‘B elimination tourna ment. Keeney has almost a to pound weight advening* scaling ltl to 187- )6 for Delaney .ALLOW APPEAL FOR CLTSI KN Raleigh. March l—<*>)--A tele gram received late today by Commla stnaer of .’ardons Bridget that an appeal la form pauperis bad been allowed for John Clyburn. negro con victed slayer of Cyrug M. Fink, of Charlotte, will stay the execution that was slated for tSSSrrow morning it Stale prison. ___ / ''H " THE GOLDSBORO NEWS BEAD IN THB MORNING WHILE MINDS ABE FBBBH— READ BY BUYERS BEFORE THEY BUY. Rum Runners Carry Sawed-Off Shotguns Rum runners plying their trads through Goldsboro oa Highway number 10— n*w sometimes call ed tbe Big Kumiel of lb* state — have added a sawed off shot gun to their regular list of equipment. Sheriff >W. D. Grant said yester day that he had been Informed The sawed ofl gum—never more than IS Inches In <■. length- are loaded with "cut” shells. Tb# shot from a weapon of thla sort travels in a small space and M erally tears a big hole in any thing It strikes. It Is also report ed thgt a number of the runners have adopted the reuse of having young women rldo with them thus minimising the possibility of arousing suspicion. • t ■ 1 ■ 11 _ 1 FLOGGINGCASE MAY END TODAY •* ' ' Alibi and Character WiiatMi Examined in Wake Cenrt <* ! v. . " RALEIGH. March —WP) —Alibi and character -wltnoasea today test If lid fyor th- three defendant* In the Will Dean flogging trial In superior court here , Btch defendant. Dr. J. R. Maxtor, Baird Pool and A. L. Daniel, denied they were members of the hooded hand which look Dean from lila home on the night of September 1926. whipped "him and made him walk back to hi* wife and five children living in tbe Knightdale section. Dr. Heater a former president of the county medkal aocletjr, admitted, oa cross examination, that he waa a member of the Ku Klux Ki.ni at the time of tbe Dean flogging, lie sail, however, ho never knew of any klan member taking part In a (logging Pool* testified that be was sick In bed on the night of the flogging was reported to have occurred. Daniel al so said be was not In the msskeJ crowd, that be had retired at hi* home neir the Doan home that nigh.. -When court adjourned for the day, defeAe* counsel announced It would effef a dosen more witnesses tomor row. Judge Harris estimating that all testimony would probably be complet ed today. *. r - &> HOLD UP ISI NKW ORLKANB » - .. °* NEW OR LB A NR, March 1 Two bandlU today held up two employ ees of the New Orleans coffee com ’ltuii) while they were enroute to a hank to depoalt 1350 and relieved them of the money. Two hours later a man giving the name of George Brhulls waa at retted and identified as one of the holß> up men. New Attendance Record For Memorial Made in February record lu attendance was compiled at Wayno county's social rnd recreation center, ,lbe Memorial (’/orngiunity Building, during Febru ary when *Ol7 people entered Its doors, according to tbe report or Dir ector R. ('. Robinson. This surpassed tbe previous record of 7912 which was established tbe some month of 1937. Basketball was the principal mag uet among the various activities, the thirty-six games played on tbe gjrm court bring out a total of 37*6 fans. Twenty-on* county and city or ganisation meetings took care of 5*3, while tb* list of visitor* and WEED MARTS MAY OPEN EARLIER Henderson Uw Record Benson With Total of 22 MiUkm round* Bold 1 HENDERSON. March 1.-fd^—The Henderson tobacco market goes for ward la the duel selling period with sale of 1 *6,000 pounds necessary to put It across the 23 million -pound goal for tba season. , Last weeks sales brought It# sea son’s total to lIJ3MM pounds, which has sold for 9*.18g,i6&.99. aa nversgs of ft*.?* par hundred podpda. ' A. T. McNeuy. secretary of the Henderson Tobacco Board *of Trade, 1 says this year's sales have far sur passed anyth lag that wag expected aud has Inspired the community with an ambition to become one of tb* I itplf doxet. biggest tobacco maiksta iof the state. • Greeter gains war* made by Hen derson the peel season than aay oth er market, from a percentage stand point and indications at tba present time are that there will be two aa* warehouses her* is the 1928-29 sea son. with a tremendous drive toward 'a goal of *9 million pounds. Spies for the season now ending haVs almost doubled those for the J92C crop. An earlier opening of the tobaoco season In all belts of North Cmre . lias and even few those alto in Geor gia sad South Carolina la probable la belief of local tobacco men. , Tba Eastern North Carolina mar kata may open on Tueadny. August f'm two weeks earlier than the 7 opening when sales get under way on September 6. *», Some years ago. the season start er in Eastern North Carolina nn>n alter the middle of August, but tbe date has been gradually slipped back since the Georgia fnd South Caro lina belts have in late years begun to outline n more important position la tbe growtng and marking of the test, Mr. McNtny says. % Tb* committee of the Tobacco As-' koclatlon of the United States wbl'h will have the aay in the matter com prises K. O. Currin. Richmond. Chair man; T.W. Blackwell. Winston- Salem; A. J. Bullington, Durham; P* A. Noel I. Durham; Robert Haskins, Richmond; ft Gregory, Richmond,' W. T. Clark. Wilson; U. H Cossrt, .Wilson; John 1- Tucker, Dglrillle; A. H. Buchan. Mullins, H. C-t Ralph Garrett. Greenville. 8. C-; E. V. Webb, * Kinston; Gerhart Spilling, Lynchburg. v *. r , £ * . Marines Pursuing r> 1 * General Sandino • o MANAGUA. Nlc, March 1 -<**> While American \Marliles lodny wero massing Ip Northern Nicaragua In pursuit of Bsndlns rebels, eight of their comrades, wounded from am bush Monday were under treatuieut ta the town of Cundega. Tbe flyJ* men k’lied by tbe burst of macbfnn i guns and rifle fire that met the Mar i ines the detachment near Derail Mon ! day wars burled near the place they ft 11. people ustug tiie reading and recreat lon room and the Yorkers almost dou bled. A detailed record is given at the bottom of the page. March will find anotliur form of re creation holding thn spot light With Wayne county's first dramatic featl val. ThreiT rural community clubs and three city clubs have entered plays in Vh* \dult division; the Goldsboro high school dramatic dub will fur nish a seventh in the scholastic divi sion. The festival Is s part of.tbe state dramatic tournament Two out of eounty groups are expected to participate, the New Bern high school (Continued ea Pag* Two! - - GOLDSBORO, N. C FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 2, 1928 A Reason Why Gents Prefer Blondes ll AIMI II ...■■..■l l||l .HIM Collegians may not be gentle men, some of them at laaet, but they prefer blonde* nevertheless, it would appear after Miss Beryl Jones, of Out bam. wei named May Queen-elect for Duke uni versity’s annual May Day celebra tion and annual aprlng festival. Her election wee not «AnJy a victory for blondes, but for that minority of co-eds whose lochs are unshorn, for Mias Jonaa’ fair tresses (nil In n golden cascade to her waist, BIG SHIP SEEN OVER HAVANA - Lob Angeicß Should Kearb Her Her Home Berth Bometimo TWs Afternoon \V AN 111NUTON, Mart'll I - •<4 J )— Tin; dirigible Uw Angslcvt was home word Itound tonight, having cast off at '10:4*3 o’clock thla morning from the mooring mast of the aircraft tend dor dPatoka in Guacauayaiio U’iy, < i • bs. She la expected to reach her ben -o*r. at Laknhurst, N. J. sometime afternoon tomorrow, the 1,509 mile lap from l ulna rounding out her I’ansms flight. ° | . w. HAVANA—<4*>—The United Stales Navy dirigible Lm Angeles appeared over this rlty shortly before 6 o'clock this evening. 4 p NO HOPi; FOR FLIERS WASHINGTON. March 1— retary ssld tonlglU that the Hope of finding « onimander P., .4. Bllyaon, U. Caimniiaiider Hmllh aud U. Roger Itanaehdnssn, tnlsalug naval aviator*, alive is fast waning REED OFFERS V HIS EVIDENCE V « ■■■! I' »les v eH Blew tip School Houne In Effort To Kill Teacher Sweetheart . in. March 1 W) Hir am Rood iM-gmi his f-lgtit tp. aA;td Im prisonment' today after the htatc. tested R* c:'ae against tlie ) *ung far •nor. charged -with Imuhliig ' house. A dosen Witnesses tsHtlded that Reed admitted plarlpg dypamlto In the strove of the Pleasant Valley school where his sweetheart, loiu Bradford, was teacher, lie hoped to avoid marrying her, he asserted Reed was also quoted bojud never Intend ed to wed the gtrl ills fir d coufeaslon m ule to. the slate's attorney at the county was admitted as an exhibit aud read to, tbe jury. This described how he stuffed the dynamite In the top of the stove. Reed'# confession sahl "I Intended Iha I the dynamite should explode V when (lie stove, was started hy lols Bradford the next morning." Tbs girl expects to become a mouther soon. The confession waa tbe only on* of three that bore bfs signature. COASTLINE , LOSES HEAD Prod dent John Ree« Kenly 81, Dies At His Home In * Wilmington WILMINGTON. March 1 —</F»— Death today closed tbe career of an- j other pioneer railroad builder of the - outheuxt. John Reese Kenly tl. con- j federate veteran end president of tbe ttlnntic Coast Line railroad .passing • at his home here. * Funeral service# for Mr. Ke*ly will be held from bis home Baturday s'ternooo. Rev. A. D. P. Gilmour, pas tor us the First Presbyterian church and p dose friend of the dead man, will officiate, Homirnry pallbearers will tm mostly Eastern and South***-' tern railroad executives. EXPECT BISHOP TO COME IN MAYi Hinhop u. V. W. Darlington Mgy Preach Scrim of Sermon** Ht. Paul Church .«v * tfnlen unforseen circumstances prevent. Bishop U. V. W. Darlington will come to Goldeboro early in May to conduct a ten day revival service at St. Paul Methodist church. Bishop Darlington anlled recently (or Europe and just before aaUiog wrote Rev. J. M Daniel, pastor of tb* St. Paul that ha thought that he would Mi’able to incept the invi -16 lion to come here In May for a aer ies of sermons. CRAVENWOMAN AMONG MISSING Ofrftoni Bdievo That She Haa Been Abducted; Two An Suspected NKW J'KRN. March I—fdV-Croven county crucial* tonight were seared ing for Mrs, Keon Wade 20, mother of two cb'Nlien. who disappeared last night while returning to her home from a v:*it to the realiieao* of ht» mother. Ofilcers believe that ah* ha* been nbducted as reports reschsd hers today that an automobile bearing s screaming woman passed through th* outskirts of th« city shortly , after Mrs, Wade waa last seen. While seeking trace of Mrs. 'Wads. Sheriff H. B. Lade, Is also looking for Lloyd and Lnther Taylor, broth ers who were seen near Hip Wade home Hifortfy before she young warn mi dlaupm'iiml ami from whom she ex pressed fear. No formal charges bav# been placed against th* Taylors. QULTF.R HI NIKII IN KINNTON KINSTON. March 1. (JP)-Tbe warm green earth of a modegt little plot of land at the Maple wood csme lory here Ist* this afternoon became the resting place of Mrs. Ella Grady. •I. world famous cripple quitter. Mrs. Grady worked wonders with her small whit* hand*—vWhtch had been twisted by rheumatisih. Change of Venire Qranted . In Trial of John W. Faison When John J Faison, former Bun day school aiiperintgddenl and ex counfy rlub manager is arraigned in 4ii< hmond on March 12'for a second (oaring for the murder of Mrs. Elsie Holt Kuipes. pretty divorcee and a native at Princeton .the cave will'be tried before a spoilt Jury brought from Chesterfield county, Virginia. Judge Matthews yesterday granted a change of venire as asked by the prosecution on the grounds that pub lic opinion to Richmond has been highly stirred through reading ac ounu of the case and through discus sing it. Judge Matthews agreed With prosecuting attorneys that it wouhj 4 p ' George Hopewell Ends His Life By Shooting Himself Through Head Mistrial Ordered In Fitzgerald Caffe RICHMOND, Va. March. 1— —A second mistrial wns 4«cli»*d today in th# case of Dr. Robert 8. Fitsgerald physician charged with second degh«r murder In con nection with the death last Octob er 19 or Melba Victoria Royal of Seleraburg. N. C. The girl is said by tb* stale to hav* died gftsr treatment by Dr. Fitsgerald. The ease waa given to the Jury about noon yesterday and Judge Kirk Matbowe dtsmlaaed the mem bers when they tailed to reach a verdict by the noon hour today. The case was continued until March fj, when the docket for the new terse la to be fixed. ONSLOW JiLACKS GIVEN LIBERTY Oafeßsiaa Hud FfMi Tlmm > run Direct CoomcUm la Murder MALCSIOK; March k (AA - Tk* lamtmOon of nnpChnr Ml lift he alone was the murderer <* Cyrus Jones. Onslow «oonty, who waa kill ed in 1932. today brought fkieiUM from State Prison sod Ilf# sontoMOU tor Georg* William*. FAnnk Dbve, and Fred Dove, ftnelow negroes The three in October I*2* were convicted of first degree murder end sentenced to dis but eqmmutetton from Governor Morrison gave them Ufa imprisonment instead. Willie Hardison, negro, who waa tried separately and convicted, took fall responsibility for th* crime la a confession to authorities before his •lectroctitloß fa April 19*2. Tbe Dove bow sad Williams, he swofge, neither aided la nor khew anything about the slaying of Jobs*. Bine* his toofesokw, evidence of Us truth has been pilling up. From tb* Judge and Juror# came recom mendations to Governor McLean that he three be given pferdooe which he granted today. , r - - tj - L - [ - O Says Politics Cause 1 « Mexicans To I-eaye WA HI 11 NUTON; March 1 —<JP>—Tli**, Hnmigrutloii <»f Mexican** to the UnltMi States wns ellrlbnted to th# pttHttcnf * (ihditlons In .Mexico by How ard Oliv*r“nf New York and Mexico fliy t*M|«y In appealing to lit* house Immigration coaimiltoe not to’art up i barrjbrs against Mexico by enact ■ ing fh* Box Mil lo riwtrbt western i. hemisphere Immigration. "Condi! mu# In Yfexiru ale deeper ate.” he aalri, "ft we set up liara to i prevent Mexican Immigration we pro i liably soon find ourselves xendlng th.i ! Bed; Cross to MexTco be difficult to obtain a Jury from a mong Ulihiuoiid voters. Tbn change of venire, J J. Hatch, local attorney Who appkaretl splint among th****** prosecuting Faison ia the first trial which re«uJted In a hung Jury, said last uighl that the petition fir a change of venire had been agreed uixni at a conference between ComnionwealtU Attorney Katterfteh.l, ItltnHelf ami others employed to pro secute Kalauji . # “We will lm able to break down a good many point* imulo by the de leoim wltgn the cone la again culled." Mr. Hatch refused, bow (Cootlaukd oa Pag* Two) j MEMBER o**'** THE ASSOCIATED 3 PRESg PRICE FIVE CENTS Waa To Have Started SgnUme* On Koade Far Violating tha . Wnlakey Lnn m m CARRIED YOUNG SON FOR FAREWELL RIDE Office re Think He Preferred Death to Lnfiaf State Or finning Tom on RoMa « —;. . g George llopewhll, 48, at South Me* cumh Street, *M found deed la hta Chevrolet couple la front of the Bplp er Haiti tort um o« Weft Aek street about 0:30 o'clock yesterday pfora iivn- Hl* heed had fatlaa back eng the seat of the oar, there waa a bal* _ let hole la the forehead oh the right aide, and a navpge .48 ateianlh re volver with oae exploded cartridge * waa la the limp right hand that van cniiupied o otho lap. Coraaar T. ft. Robinson decided, after viewing the body, that it waa a eaaa a« Mleldft Officer* expreeaed the belief jbad Hopewell comndtfod auioide rs#Mr than leave the atate n» lieu of serv ißg lft month, on the entity rands oa a charge of tnuwporttng whiskey. Arraigned In coftnty court, he Jmd been given until Mandi t to l*e*» thf fleer, stated, be had not beta Mvtag with his family here. nematimi efte* ft— ‘ midnight Wednesday, hnwgfor, It mi said, be called at hie hoaia oa loath Slocumb street, awoke Me ls-year , old eon Bruce and took the latter lata , bis automobile for a ride. Vfcther and aon headad the oaeN3 car la thp. direction of the Ualon Depot where in thi. section dived Jim Hopewell* Me (dor brother of HfHftt An edort was made to awake the t latter, but It failed. The father *ad , his young soa resumed the foot tide together and seated cloae together , thev drove the oar aleae through the r night-robed streets of the atoapbhg city, alone with their us overrating . and tha thoughts which most hate I [ arisen in tha father hat rom£d unspekan. Their gey lad, somehow , InlUatfvely passed a former apot 1 where George at oew tiaM operated ft emell filling statioa aad etere. Then back to the modeet heme oft South Slocemb street, aad farewalL Brace returned so hie had and the • . father drove awey alone. A few hours lafor tha body as tha * father was found in his oar la fragt of the Hplcer Sanitarium. It wna » stUl warm, sad a yousg pa that th the hoHpltnl said ihmt had hoard ■ *(.rnHhlng which sounded Ilka a Shet * 1 on file street shout o%k>*k |g the morals*. V ( Thtj dead man had six osata In an examination of kin efforts allowed. I'unerat service will be ceadartoi from (ho Goldsboro undertaking . company's parlors oa K»st Walsut street at 1:50 this after soon- Mar. foter Mclntyre, pastor of tbs Vint Presbyterian church, will bo la charge. Interment will ha mad* til Willow Dale cemetery. These Cops WiU Be ? , Careful About This t KxahkaVa, Ark . Marsh 1—(/W — Four policemen who hare boon shouting at a knot bole In tba polka . station (o decide who would buy Urn midnight lunch have been snspead* ed kn days. Chief of police W. D. li'oyes, who announced the snip—sln» today, said he started sn Investigation of the midnight abbotte* when rvil itenta of the neighborhood complainod He discovered many ballet haled la the baseboard of the desk sergeants office «sd led members of tba force la \<> explain, four of them admitted Um pblef said, that tho poorc.it mar bams a had been buy log tbs lunches.
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