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VOLUME SEVEN; NUMBS* If
NO OPINION YET IN LARRY NEWSOME CASE APPEAL
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13 Other Cases
. Are Reviewed
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W added Venae Ayeock, of
WejrMkle AWmel by Slate
RALEIOH, Eareh 7—(T) The
Qkjfa BipTfM court (o4if bunded
down a tml <4 IS opinion. Tto ap
peal of Larry Nmoat, Wayne coun
ty awn, eaategeed la be eletrocat
ed far thetaurder of Ik year old Bru
le Tedder, we* not Pended down.
la two original proceeding* the
ggprean coprt decided for the »t*U
and fl—liiil the cnees. In one of
those cues, executor* of the will
, of George V. Biking, of Ahbington.
Peon., eoeght to reowrer tlT.gee.f2
la payment to the state tax oopals
elon. Deowaher 2. lilt, la transfer of
loherltaaoe tax oa e total of |i,f7l,-
)M common sad preferred .lock In
the R. /.'Reynolds Tobacco Compauy,
Wtaotoa-Ms*.
The exeestora aaiatelned the State
of North Caroline waa without power
to collect eay Pert of the tax from
the States estate oa the Reyaolda
•toek. conteadlng that the stature un
dor Which the ooileeflon was made
wee invalid.
In the oeaa of Weddell, veretu Ay
eock. Weyas oouaty. the court as-
I!rimed the Judgment of the lowsr
crurt.
RALEBOH, March T~(to-Arga
aMnts ta the chain stare tax test case
were completed today end Judge K.
H. Creamer lo Wake Superior coart
call he would reader Judgment to
morrow ■
The cnee wee started by 12 chain
■tore , osgaafaatleae operating la
North Caroline to teat the validity
of the apodal license tax of |M plac
ed hp the 1827 geeersl assembly oa
rack store of companies maintaining
■tore than I stores In the stole.
QUEEN ENTRIES
ARE COAONG IN
I A
Csßsm Girth Win Be Ai Home
And Have Chance To Enter
* Contest
Although Goldsboro has ua yet made
no public mova toward nominating Its
quaeas, antrisi IfiT the Qasens Contest
for the Sixth {Annual Eastern Caro
lina Exposition to ha held In Oolda
toro. the week pt April »th, will coma
to rather rapidly from now until clos
ng time next Thursday March 16th.
recording .to aa announcement mads
at headquarters recently. From ell,
Indications this year will furnish a
larger number of 1 candidates than at
any other Exposition held. One fea
ture of the Queans contest this year
that will add to the number is the
fad'that the yoahe ladles will bars to
coma only oaa day, and that on Mon
day. the opening day. This happen* to
fall oa Eaatar fJonSmy, which make*
ft easy for the college girla who are
'nrtanoto as to bo selected, to be at
the Exposition and not mlaa anything
from school. Tha Junior Queens will
bw there Just one day; Wednesday, A
ternooo and Wedaeaday night. T\*
Senior Queens will also gst Into th)s
movie whether they win br not, but
tha wianara will gat in as '‘winners/'
The latest to enter h Miss Mary
Grady Cheers. as “Miss Snow Hill ".
Prom reports coming Into headquar
ter*. “Mias Bngw HUT will be a hard
on* tf> bast. Snow HJII, has always
sent beautiful candidate*. which
would laud one to believe that they
ham plenty of them over in Green
couaty. Each of {be two winners In
the Senior Queens “con test wilt be
time S2M. ta gold by the Exposition.
Dry Forces End Their
St Petersburg: Meet
■T. PETERSBURG. Pin., March 7
(to—‘Dry forces of tha South and
ration regardless of party affiliation
wars called to arms to defeat all
candidates for office who either are
negative or silent on tha question
of prohibition enforcement In resolu
tions adopted ham tonight at the cloa
iLg session of tha Southeastern Fro
MbHloa convention of the Antl-Bal
ooa league.
THE GOLDSBORO NEWS
BEAD IN THE MORNING WHILE MINDS ARE FRESH-READ BY, BUYERS BEFORE THEY BUY.
COUNTY DRAMA TOURNE YOPENS TONIGHT
VELMA WEST GETS UFE SENTENCE
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When the Ohio ateta prosecuting author Elsa agreed to accept a second
learns murder guilt plea tor Velma West youthful husband "hnnuw y
stayer.'' prison for lire waa tha ssntswoe. Under Ohio laws w*n.i- >
be apptlsd for after ten years' imprlsumueat. which would nwk« \
•MU a young matron when she may again seek freedom.
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D>JY PASSES WITHOUT ANY WORD
PROM MISSING COUPLK AND BABY
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Yesterday passed without any word
being received concerning the where
abouts of Mrs. Charles T. Jones, and
her two ye*£ old aon. Charles, Jr„
who left the city Saturday joMBU and
are thought to be in compssy with
Henry Godwin.
fred C. Smith, father of John Dav
id Smith, yesterday denied the truth
of reports that hi* »on had driven
the missing married woman snd mar
ried man to Wilson*'Saturday night
Young Smith, said the father, wn
on duty a* a fireman Saturday night,
except for abont twenty-five minute*
whan he called upon a friend. Mr.
Spilth said be could produce affida
vits from a number of people proving
that hts sou was Jn Goldeboro Satnr
day night and that It would havo been
Impossible for him to have driven
with the missing couple to Wilson or
rny other point.
The father w»* equally positive
SI’KANIA ASD HI NHARY TO
AKBITKATK «L 5 EPISODE
GENEVA. March 7—<AP)-Both Ru
mania and Hungary today accepted
the proposal at Sir Ansten Chamber-
Load of Booze Taken And
Man Arrested by Deputies
A Chevrolet automobile held, 37. S
gallons of whiskey confiscated and
cne man imder arrest, these arc the
net proceeds of a rum chase by De
puties Kornegay and Smith near Oas
»y'* Chapel east of the city last night.
Tha couaty officers had been "tip
ped off" by Kinston officers that the
rum car was headed this way, and
drove east oa highway number 10 to
meet IL Near Casey's I'hapAl they
passed what they believed to he the
car for which they searched. Pacing
about, the deputies drove up to the
auto believed to have a Mg load of
Loose and called upon the driver to
halt
Inatqad of pulling to a halt, the
driver put on speed and attempted to
make a Yut-away. Seeing that the
UuU the gtaiem p from tfie city of hie
sou, along with “>1*1" .Daniels, had
no connection whatever with the dis
sppearauoe of Mrs. Jones and God
win. John Dovh!. . lie Indicated, had
been naytng for a month or more
that he intended taking a trip, and
Mr, Smith lioupht thsl (he present
absence was the trip which h« had
long planned. He exhibited a note
Irom his son. rcqueHtlng that his
trunk, together with that of Daniel*,
be secured at the fire station and
held by the fg|l»*i The note also ask
ed mall to be held. The not*» was
mailed In Italeigb. it j*as said.
Meantime local offltor-<. carrying out
the urgent request ofMr. Jones, hue
hsnd of Ihe misting Vomatt, are mak
‘ng every possible effort to get trace
ut the couple believed ta be together.
Mr Jones declare* tlTat it is for the
sake of saving hW young son that he
works now. «
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■in, British foreign minister, that a
small committee |>e uppoiated with
the ‘power to call ex|>erts to deal with
the situation *ri*ipg for the discov
ery of machine gun parts st Bt. Oot
thard. .
machine was .not fast cnmtg)t to out
distance Ihe cifliccr*, the driver drew
ruddmly to the side of the road, stop
ped with a Jerk and he. with the other
occupant of the machine took to the
woods.
Deputy Smith, the ten second m»n
of Sheriff Grant's force was In sfier
the'two sad in * vhort space had
made up the handicap with which
he alerted and Usd overhauled the
driver. He gave hlif name a* Alton
McNeil at Sanford and said the other
man. who made good his escape, waa
someone he had given a lift further
dowu the TflSid.
McNeil waa held without bond last
right snd will be arraigned before
Jndge Bland Mouday morning.
GOLD6BOBO, N. C. THURSDAY MORNING. MARCH «, IMS
GROUP STUDIES
PRICE REPORTS
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I'Almor Qi#Klßßg< CBH<*rnftng
Africßltsße StatcflMßt Which
CBWWd Cotta® Stamp
WASHINGTON. March »—<A>>—fire
of a soaSforial sub-cummltlse aided
by Iwo Hoot bern House members was
trained today on the sensational break,
in ike cotton market last September
following the publication of a depart
sent of agricallure bulletin deaffug
with price trends.
A resolution of Bonator Smith. De
mocrat. South Carolina, tha sub
committee chairman., providing for
enquiry into poeulble market manipu
lation operation despite the cotton
futurea control not, afforded the op
portunity. Arthur W. Palmer, chief
of the cotton marketing division of
the bureau of .agricultural economic*
was the only witness hoard.
Palmer .made guarded answers to
Senator Smith. Heflin and Roptoseo
utlve Rankla and Vinson* wh% ant
with the Senator*; but finally made
‘lt plain that his division had done
no more than furnish a record of day
to day cotton prloea to other agencies
of the bureau .which compiled the
challenged statement.
Vinson and Rankin assarted that
the direct effect of the price state
mat was a |7 break in cotton prices
on the day it reached the market and
an argument ultimate alnmp of I4M.
“la view of the fact that the pre
diction wee made by yogr bureau that
prices would go down, the < ommlUse
would lipc to know «n what laßr
that prediction we* mads,” Senator
Smith told Palmer.
,j>The tSfiffo f the whole eutton tut
tties Taw In the Integrity with which
the xlatiiiarri* of cottotA deliverable
un<l*r aiitl*«>r'li(; «I lb* «i’>t>-' 1 i»I
?gricti!lnw nro milntuijici,. I n*ve
considered Dial If they were rigidly
maintained, 1t would go far toward
atablUslng the cotton markst.”
Washington a joint to
rotation of Congress appropriating au
additional 1200.000 to fight the P*9t
boll worm of cotton waa signed today
by Pyealdent Cooltdge. Mr. Coolidga
bad requested the passage of such a
measure. » - f
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UNLOAD CARGO
OF RUM BARGE
6 .Jk ■*>,
Vcotwl Entrrinjf Wilotinirton Hat!
1009 Comm of Assorted
Fine Liquors
WILMINGTON. March 7-UPI - A,
thousand and nln* c»«e of assorted
fin* liquors and ten kegs or scotch
fnalt were taken from kliroad the
t-hsrplr George Slover and checked
into the 0. K. custom house, lier# to
day by 11 lilted State* Marshal B. W.
Ward ,of Raleigh M .
The Slover. with Us c*rg<h>Qi4j|K
erhsuM by .count gunrdxmeu Monday
nlghl a* It win stealing across the
bar at the of the Cape Pear
River. 10 mile* south of hers. Three
men. Captain A. A Mil liken, his
brother H K MIIIIKen, and Prank
Preston, were *rre*ted abroad il»*
ta»ai They are charged with viola
lion and couuplrary (o violate the
prohibition law* and placed under
bond by the United Stales (Vunmia
* inner here. r '
Creditors Examination
Os C. W. Horne Is On
RALEIGH, March 7—(to- The ex
amination of creditor* of the affair*
of Chas W. Horn«..ftlayton farmer
merchants. went over so tomorrow af
ter another airing tixiay and Joseph
It. Theatre, Jr., referee in bankruptcy,
presiding expressed belief the hearing
will not lie ro»< ludadbefore some
time In Apirl
Attorneys for the creditors, Larry
1 Moors of New Hern and R. C. Law
rence of Lumberton. had not arrived
snd the case was carried over.
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I Players Os Goldsboro
High ta Match Talent
Against New Bern High
Bob Edwards Makes
Known Intentions
•*! want folks lo know that t am
a Democrat," said Hupertutendant
of Welfare K. 11. liMwards ’’sad
that I purpose In lilt to support
for president the- nominee at the
uatkmal DdmocratlOgourontlon
to be hqld at Houston Texas,
whether he be Governor Smith,
Josephus Daniels, "llm" Rood.
Oovernor Ritohie, Carter Qlaaa,
'Tom’* Heflin, John 0. Edward*.
0. L Bless#, where be ha wet'
or 'dry', Chrlatlgu or pagan, Pro
testant er Roman CsthoHc, Jaw
ar Gentile, bond or frew—but ho
must be white. ” /
AUTOS CRASH
EAST OF 017
Greensboro and Rolrtffll Bin
Ar® Slightly Injartd Whn
. Cora Moot Hood-O®
U T. Lane of Raleigh aad O. D.
Barite* of Greensboro wet* slightly
Injured w’ben their autamwtotau
crashed In front of tha Trey 'William*
rating station, atx mllea east -m
highway number 10 yesterday atara
tag.
Mr Lane was driving a Bulek
roupc east and Mr. Barns* a Chrys
ler coup* and going weak Barnes
was said to have attempted to drive
around a Kurd aulootobU*, misjudged
the distance before the aa comiug
I'ulck nnd the crash resulted. Roth
car* were* badly wrecked.
lam and flame* were hurried to
• -local hospitals for treatment, but
fcports late yesterday afternoon wtr*
that their hurt* were-not serious.
Lucky Johnson Again
Makes Good His Escape
KALKIGH. March 7.—(to—"Duwkr"
Johnson, uotorioua negro, was at
large again today, shad of his prtaoo
number AP4M.
Jahason, a Ilf* Grier, seat up Croat'
. Durham county for second degree
burglary. FVb. 1, 1821, escaped last
night from Hie rock query camp at i
Ratsavilta..
MEN’S FA SH Ml Y EORECANT
EUR NPRINO IB WOW
GIUCAOO, March 7 —Wow I Oet
this! * w® *4
A three buHon suit of reddish brown!
mxiture in which tluta of luvandor
and bronse are »-omlnent, displayed
with a yellow shirt with two Inch
wide stripes of white, a black and
whito checked necktie and a croem
cohjed hat. t
Uncle Sam To Give Vacation
To 14 Wayne County Youths
Fourteen Wnyn# county young men
tun spend a thirty-day vs
c Ml 101 l sf KY»rt Ilragg, beginning Juaa
17. fliwl tfacle Ham will bear all ex
panses. according to snnounceinonf
made yesterday by W. F. Nenfcr, conn
ty representative for Ihe Dltlaens
Military Tratiilng Gsmp. Thu only re
quirement n#ce**ary lo get this thirty
days vacation from Unde Sam is for
the applicant to be of go*d chsracter
between Hie ages of 17 snd ?T,'and
physically fit.
Mr Nnfer yesterday urged that
! those desiring to attend the camp
i should not lose any time in filing ap
plications.
| . • Only 82 boys out of a quota of 1008
allowed for North Carolina have ap
! plied for admiaelon lo the oaoips.
! M RM«ra to Boa" Ig Wk of Play
Umbl Dnuaatlc Link Will
j w PrgaMt
MARGARET KORNCGAY
COACH FOR LOCAL HIGH
"Jan oml Minuet ’’ la THW of
On*-Act PUy Tp Ba Give®
By N*W Btm
i Goldsboro high school sod Now
Bara high school will meet a* I o'-
clock ton is hi ta tha opening of tha
Wayne Oouaty Dramatic Tournament
when the play “Jess and Minuet '*
will ha presented by the Or****
County players, sad tWTirisfi tragedy
. "Riders to the BA” wBI ha present
id by tha Wayne player*, This wilt
he the opealag number of a Tourna
ment sod' from All Indication* pro
misee to draw a crowd that In nil
probability wilP Dll the eudHortam
to Ita rapacity Talk of tbs contest
jhaa been fa tha during the past
j two weeks, sad all those interested
| ind msny who ar* aet quits go, have
i !tc?fitrt’lvc'i' ii‘a fulfil} mitouii
the sumher ta attaudaao*. „
' New Bent sends word that tor play
ers are corning over wMh an egeup
letit play, leaving rehearsed their
presentation thoroughly, the Craves
VgpsvmthiAtaaa are ready to stack
up against tlta eaat of Goldsboro’s
"Rider* to Urn Saw"
Tha sam# east that ha* presented
the local play to other audiences In
the city recently will carry tto per.
formaace through tonight RanttaMut
from New Bern seems to Ind Hale that
tbs Goldsboro players will have to
present something good If they are to
match ability with the dramatic tal
ent from the Craves city. O* the
other hand, those who have witness
ed Golds horn's presentation coached
by Mlaa Margaret Eoruegay—aay that
the New Bern players will need to b*
at Mwlr hast If they aspect to walk
home with the Rotary trophy cup. At
a merlins of the Rotary dob held on
Tuesday night, tt waa declared that
(Continued an PAfe Ptor)
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KANSAS WILL f
BACKLOWDEN
lkkfil« At Itorfo lMtrwt«l
For Hint us District Drt«-
gatg® UrfW
HKH MOINES. lowa. March 7—OP)
lowa's seven Ablegate* at large to
the tupublican Nnttoagl fipnvenQos
at Ktanas fitly were Instructed today
|by Iks Slate Republican Convention
;in support former Governor freak
O. f/uwden of Illinois for tha presi
dential nominal tan.
The state's II district delegate-*.
! were " strongly urged" In coat their
vote for .Mr t«wden
asssßaa r pj'dtL2=ar=a=s^a:rs
while, the quotas allowed l<ottiaiaaa,
South Carolina'aqd the other aiatea.
m« being rapidly taken It la upai
ed that tha campaign to secure r*>-
rrulta will close hy Mia third week
|o March and unlaaa North Carolina
hoy* apply, thatr places will ba taken
by boy* from other states.
Thu alt nation la at Id to ba person
ally disappointing lo Major General
Richmond P. bavin. Commanding Oan
oral of lha Fourth Corps Araa. Who
i* a native of North Carolina and
saa a pointed “To Want (Point from
this state.
The only requirements for sdmia
cion to the camp* la that the appli
cant be bataraan tha agaa of 17 and
24, of good moral rharactar. physical
(Con tin nod aa Pago Tw|
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RALEIGH. March T-OFJ-Og®-
t recta for atate print lag, awarded
printers at tha recent letting teM if
Governor McLean's printing »«— Ig
govsrnor. attorney general Braasmttt
Ui !h«
•ton contracts were aude with prig
lara tu Raleigh. Naw Bam. Oxford.
Durham and Whwtoo-Balem. K. G..
and fort Wayna. tad.
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l\li V Rr Pi iRT
HHh And ti iRS I
IMMifl OF
ballet wound a* etatoai to kaftan
murder of tha gtrl,
To bolster ita ctaMa Uat the hul
•M which killed tha PPUBg *N®M® /
was ttrod by oMwr haada tto» Mr
own aad, from another ®K»ag. tto '
l-roHscutiou placed op tto ataad Pr.
V. ti. Dubose. Selma, toopttai phf
ek-ian. who examlpad tto body atort
ly after death
Mbs Dr. 8 R CeaerteH, Mualgua>
ery. who performatf oh autopsy a®
Mias Monlebaro, Dr. Dohoai kljlHi
his belief that the wound waa cnaaed
by n |g cnHhr* weapon. Mgg Moth
teharn'* revolver waa A.M ttUti*
There were no powdar bora* about
the wouada as hi would expaat to Had
In cusee of f utaldo. the phyMataa gall
Blake claim* Mlaa Moatubaro ktUad
hersalf after hi and another off!oar
•rrested her for reekleaa driving.
WALKER M LATE
WASHINGTON, March I (E l® 1
ynr Walker of Now York added to MB
rcpntattoa of being Into (hr engago
meat* today at the aapaos* of Pf®l
dent GooHdga aad three cabtaat oM
cent, hut he ant a teataltve hgOM
mrnt for the tearing down of tha OM
•tadersl Ballding near etty toll Jtß
Manhattan.
Ha was gt ml puts* behind attodata,
to eplltag on Urn Fraatdaut. wßooTto
had never vee* hetroe. At noon, *tto®
he waa due at tha WMte Hoaaa,.ha
was stilt In conference With ftymrf
Mellon, sttoraey general dargant dad
Foot master General New. Me had
kept them waltiag half M hoar to to •
gin a discussion of tha todotol build- i|
log question* which has been a®
yeata.
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