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JOHN W. FAISON IS CONVICTED OF MANSLAUGHTER
; ' T p . •> . t
Sentenced to One Year
In Prison For Death of
t
Mrs. Elsie Holt Snipes
BtntMM Par Death et Nativa
Os PriaeatM b Lightest
CaaM Be -bapaaad
JURY DELtIUERATED X
MORE THAN 6 HOURS
DoOndnnt Verdict
With Btalcal Culm Bat Mrs.
SaFpea Weepa |
RICHMOND March W—OP>— I.
W. Faison »a* found guilty of volun
. lory manslaughter by a Jury ia
llusting* court bar* lata today in
vOnnerllon with the death-of Mr*
KIM* Holt Snipe*, native of Prince
ton, N>. C. The gentence of one year
In prison recommended with the ver
i let waa the Ughtsst possible under
the Virginia Aw.
The defendant, who contended that
Mia. Rut pea committeed suicide wh|le
he waa In her apartment, received the
verdict with atdlcal calm, hut Mra.
Faison, who had supported her hus
band since his arrest wept as she
'•sard the sentence sending her hus
band to prison.
The verdict waa returned after
a deliberation of six hoars and X
minutes. *
At the reconvening of cogrt today,
the jnry requested Judge Ernest H.
Wells to inatnipt U aa to the various
verdicts It might rettfrn Again, short
ly after 4 o’clock* the Jnry questioned
the Judge sa to whether It might find
the former manager of the* fashion
able Hermitage country clnh guilty
<>t voluntary mgaslsugbtei M retired
nnd returned filth the verdict in a
: h<>rt time.
Information received by The- News
last night waa that It had not been
Indicated that the defendant would
make an appeal and k was consider
eo doubtful ff he wduld
J. J. Hatch, loeal attorney who ap
peared for the prosecution In the case,
spent last night In Richmond and
planned to return to Goldsboro today,
leaving Richmond about noon. He will
’hh accompanied to Princeton by Mr.
and Mrs. To be Holt, parents of the
fclyin woman by whom he was employ
ed to aartst In the prosecution of
LOVING CUP WON
BY HIGH SCHOOL
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Huccotwful Wgjrne County Dra
matic Festival Ended On
Lasting Evening
Wayne county’s first dramatic (as
tlval waa brought to a most success
ful conclusion last svsnlng with the
presentation* of three plays. The Judg
es, Mrs. Wade Dorset! and Mru M»Vy
Morris, rendered their decision at the
end of the contest it. favor of the
High Reboot brumMlc Hub which •■!•
;« red as ita ti 'em to the
Rea”, an Irish pay by J. M. 8yn»«.
and Dr. William Smlt*. prealdyn* of
he Rotary club presen’ *J the Rt ;ry
silver loving CU;>.
Last night’s : rogrsm was ipmed
ley Nahunta riving Booth Tirldng
ton’s comedy '".he Tryli' ng Place”
;> was done wit! great (MU and waa
warmly received by the nivUcnce Rd
wlp AycocW placing tt»s »*rt of young
Lancelot Briggs, love sick youth pin
ing for the favor of the sophisticated
nnd beautiful dideaaqi Mrs. Cartls.
handled with great ease by Mis* Paul
ine Crowsoa, was II a star must be
named, probably the outstanding: mem
tier of the cast He looked the part
n*d played It with surprising ad
i lot ness. Other members of the cast,
*!| of 'whom did veil with their res
pective parts, were Lassie Cogdell as
Mis. Briggs. Haael Ctlnedlaet as
Jessie Briggs. Albert Morris as Mr
lugoldsby, Edward Davis aa Rupert
f with, and Earl Bdgerton aa the
mysterious voice.
Grantham came on second, present
ing “Gauls atl Cauls Jr.” Here we had
hllarloes comedy done to perfection.
It would Am u hard gutter to Gad a
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THE GOLDSBORO NEWS
BEAD IN THE MORNING WHILE MINIM ABB FRESH-READ BTC BUYERS BEFORE THEY BUT.
Bellview Cow Dies
Os Painter’s Colie
Here's d story that sound* like
Kinston, bits It* scene was laid in
Bellview, Goldsboro suburb 11. B
•Workman i* a painter and paper
hanger. But he believes In the val
ue of milk as a food and believes
that thVTamlly cow U a necessity.
Anyway lie had wow
aiy he lefra bucket of paint where
rt Vlie animal could get at It. She
did. and drank It. Result, one cow
dead of psinter’a colic.
GRANT IS OFF
FOR ST. LOUIS
Accompanied by Officer Rhoden,
WiU Return Godwin and
Hr*. Jones to City
Sheriff W. D. Graut last last night
icr St. Louis, Mo., to c\fim Henry
Godwin and Mrs. Elaie/Jenea bald
ny the authorities city under
charges of eloping pad abandonment
The couple were arrested there on
March 13th. while they were regis
tered at th*> Pontiac hotol under aa
y umed names.
MBkrlff Grant received word ls«t
ulght that the extradition papers had
been received and honored by th*
Governor of Missouri. nj
The sheriff etated that he rtpected
to arrive In St T*6U» Mf*’ fHMTiITOr
toon on Thursday and would return
to this city on Hunday or Monday.
He was accompanied 'by Plain
Clothes Officer Chink Rhodes.
ONE VICTIM -■
LEFTANOTE
Directed That His Body Be Sent
To Mdtkor In Omaha,
Nebraska
BOSTON. March 20—<A*)—But one
of the six men imprisoaad In th# tor
pedo room of the sunken Submarine
H-4 wrote a Message during their
last 74 hours of Ufa. a thorough In
spection of the vessel Indicated today.
This message, a brief one. waa found
In th* clothing of Beaman George
Pel sat; at tha Chelsea Naval Hospital
where the bodies of tha last sight
of th* S-4's crew were taken follow
ing the removal last night. It wffx
written ia red crayon on n small piece
of cardboard and read:
*”My body to Pelaar. 5*09 8 l»th
Street, Omaha. Neb."
The address was that of Pslnar's
mother. Mrs. Kate Meleslva, Hated lu
official naval recorth a* his next
of kin.
New Uses for Cotton Will
Be Theme Textile Institute
The steering committee of th* Bat
tern Carolina Exposition met In
Goldsboro yesterday afternoon* and
put finishing touches to tha program
that had not been finally acted upon
to that time. Reports from various
committees were read and all were
very encouraging to the committee.
Chairman William Royall of th* floor
i.pace committee reported that sppqe
was being sold about as fast as th*
committee could get to th* prospects.
Only a few automobile spaces remain
yet to he sold. Mr. Royall said, and
thers are several prospects lor all of
these.
A very satisfactory report was kinds
Icr Chas. Miller, chairman of the lo
cal advertising committee. In his ab
sence' The report showed that adver
tising materiel has been dtstrlhnted
• ary thoroughly throughout th* city.
Secretary Bartlett reported that
| things are shaping up nicely for the
' Cotton Textile Institute to be held
URGES SUPPORT
OF EXPOSITION
Bnrtlrtt nnd Befit Make Talks
At Rmlm MmUri of
Rdttry Ctib a
• «
Aa appeal by N. W. Bartlett, see,
rotary, that Goldsboro get solidly
behind the Santera Carolina Expoel-
Uoa pad make H tha great success
which the importance of the city Jaa
rifles and the presentation by Hanry
Falk of n paper on "The Rotartau. the
ilauder of Mm He to” featured the
regular session «f the Goldsboro club
at th* Hotel Goldsboro laat evening
An Item on the program and one
adding much to It eras th* fee tare
danr,, give* by Jack Meta, tour year
old youngster. Jerk got plenty of
applause for hla medley dance.
“71m Eastern Carolina Exposition
kas been the means of giving this
section the greatest feeling of unity,
has got all th* towns to pulling t»-
g at her fop the good of the section,
more than pithing else.” apld Mr.
Eortlett ia hla talk t ’Now the 35
c cmnties comprising thp section are
looking toward Goldsboro to sponsor
tha greatest exposition ever. The ter
ritory looks upon your city aa the
hading city industrially, and th* one
beet suited for presenting a complete
exposition. 1 hex peek from you th*
support for th* Exposition which th#
ooontle* are expecting ”
“Yh* Rotary Mea,’’ said Mr. Balk,
“la unique In th* history of man. Like
the other half of a railroad ticket,
•a someone wrote la a recent Issue
Os this Rotartan, man la no good If da
tsacked Rotary Is performing a
World wide function In bringing meu
together—binding them intim|f»ly In
the handle of life and enabling them
tv see tigs other fellow's viewpoint,
lo understand him. and that lead* to
human companionship, and to friend
ship life’s moat satisfying Inspiration
“When the timet comes that the
men world understand eac It
other the rime will he wt hand when
the Hon end the lamb shall He down
together and humanity will he freed
from the incubus or war.”
Southern Passenger
Train Is Derailed
NORCROSS, Oa. March 2V—<*»)-•>
Passenger* were neverly shaken up
hut non* seriously Injured when a
Southern railway train number 15.
Richmond to Atlanta, was derailed
two mile* south of her# early Ua"
ulg hl. —— - '
A broken main driving axle on the
oegine threw th* locomalive and the 4
other car* comprising the train off
•he tracks. Non* of them turned over.
Both main tracks of the road were
blocked by the accident and officials
said It probably would be midnight or
later before traffic could be resumed.
APTO WAIinUCTI HER IHER
CLEVELAND. Ohio.. March 2d—(A*)
—James W- Packard, 64 ona of thr
founders and former president of the
Packard Motor Company of Detroit
and for years a prominent figure
n the automobile field, died at a hos
pital her* today. ,
Thursday and Friday morning. April
12 and 13. A definite program will
he worked ouf at a meeting to he
held In Raleigh today with Dean
Tboa. Nelson of ths State College, 8.
K. Boney. representing the power
companies of the State, and Hunter
Marshall Jr., secretary of the North
Corollas Cotton Maittifacturers As
•octatlou.” New uses for cotton will
be the theme of the whole discus
sion. The Eastern Carolina Chamber
of Commerce Is keenly Interested In
finding «ew uses for cotton, which
will hive a tendency to increase the
consumption of 755 fleecy staple. E
C. Morse, of New York, will be on
the program to officially represent
the New Cses Department ot the cot
ton Toxttlo Institute of* New York.
Flans worn laid for condacring the
annual Automobile tour through the
adjoining towns and counties to
help advertise the Exposition. Just
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GOLDBBOOO. N. C. WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 11, 111*
GRIM GRAVE OF GALLANT CREW
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EubMsartn* B-4 as ft appsurai white being towed Into the Hasten Navy
Yard with Its grim cargo of sight bedlsu. The Sag la flying at halt moat
•a memory of the men who lest their Uvea when Urn Ship waa iWMsad
Standa rd Food Inspection
Ordinance Is Recommended
Suggested standards for proper |s
s pact too of meat throughout this port
of the mate will ba referred to th*
various local board! of health and
aeuMg ofncers 'for adoptioa as a~ re
sult of e meeting held here yesterday
In which health otflcera, packing com
puny representatives and others met
s' the call, of Dr. L. W. Corbett,
of the Wayne county health office.
The Httwidard * tlon » 1 1l
he foriniilatWFiv n »l’.t ts*nl tn be
prepared hy *Dr A. 11. Kc.r. Way.tc
Dr. L. K. Koonce, Raleigh! Dr.
McCullum and Dr. Caldwell.
Appointment- of Ahe committee end
ed a aeaaioa which had begun In the
memorial community building In the
Would Bar Sinclair’s !
Horses in Maryland
Maryland Racing Commission an
nounced tonight, through James F.
Hayward, secretary that It had
requested owners of the four one
mile traeks In the state to bar the
horses of >ke JHjtcaca* Btabl*.
owned by Hahry T. Sinclair, oil
magnate. Jt?cau»e of his connection
with the Teapot Dome of scandal
THINK THAT DAM
WAS DYNAMITED
Rude Drawing of Water SyflteAi
At INrtnt Is Discovered,
Together Wlth*R«pe
IX)B March 20— Of)—
Evidence that a dynamite explosion
may have <4used the collapse of the
Rt. Francis dam and released the
Hood of liquid death on the Rants
Clara river valley today was in the
hands! of Investigating authorities.
While Officials were not definitely
convinced that the dam had been dy
namited. so much credence was plac
ed on the findings of Deputy Sher
iffs assigned to the flood area that
every resorvolr and dam in the entire
Los Angeles water system tonight was
under a heavy guard.
Among the discoveries which WTI
- xsld tended to support th* dy
namiting theory was the finding near
the dam of a sheet of note piper
with a roughly outlined chart of tha
structure end s short piece of newly
t rayed rope. The stand was axaertsd
tn b P sime style used by acqaedect
dynamiters who In the past have blas
ted sections of th* wstereray.
The chert was said to bav*> been
written In the same handwriting that
sketched chart* found at th* prev
ious dynamiting*.
morning. Fotlnwlng the morning Mo
tion, the Wayne county hoalth de
partment and jhe Bob White peek
ing company aatrvai a barbecue din
t er to th* visitors and hi the after
noon they worn takgjufor an automo
bile trip th^iTtf^S^
Dr. Kerr la discussing tha)must
and milk problems -which are con
fronting the health departments of
the rsilbus counties, stated that the
L ose ti state qg meat products, fur
the purpose of cold-storage, waa not
c guarantee of purity. ’Proum stuff
a* soon as it comas oat of cold Itor
age. spoils qulokly. Wo must gat at
eome way of limiting peddling by
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Federal Tax Receipt!
Show A Big Increase
-
RALEIGH. March 243—OT)—feder
al Income tax collection for this year
today war* |4437.M«, collector <3ll
- mOrissom. announced tonight.
This is 140T.0M more than bad
been collected at this asm* time in
1927. and Indicates Mr. Grissom said,
that tho total for the year will 'bo
above 530.000,000 as compared with
about 119.200,000 col looted hi 1927.
North Carolina •Invsoears put u
good sum into General Motor* and
R. J. Reynolds Mock, he said attri
buting of the IncreaM In
Hone fop this year'to Increased fth
tomes due to these Investments Is'
companies that made good profits la
1927. *
Mountain Trout May Lure
President to North State
THF NEW! BI’BKAr,
Commodore Hotel
WASHINGTON. March 20—If Presl
dent Coolidge Is not bombarded with
a floA or Chamber of Comm arc# and
civic club telegrams, with the Idea
that pressure wilt dominate hla choice
ot a place to spend his vacation the
l!i2X summer White House bids fair
to be In North Carolina's “Land of
tho Skyi”
As much has been told your corres
pondent and more about the presi
dents vacation views. On# of the com
pelling reasons wfiy Mr. Coolidge
favors Asheville end "Zeslandla” In
particular Is not to be disclosed now.
It is possible that it can be given ont
for pnbHcatlos later.
When Representative Zebuloa Wea
ver, Tenth Diftrtct Congressman, and
David H. Blair. Internal Revenue
Collector for the country and a Re
publican wheel horse in North Caro
lina, went to see the President last
Large Part oi Slate’s
Electorate Is Against
Smith, Says Langston
Eiffel Tower Takes
Life Seventh Jumper
PAR3ft March *o~lD—Eiflel
lower for the wreath time today
proved' the nemlat* to puraahuU
Jumpers when Marcel Oayet craah-,
*d 4M feet to death.
Oayet leaped from ths ascuM
platform of th* famous tower. Pre
vious tests with sand hags hud
keen successful hot when he took
Om leap himself, the parachute
Aayet waa •xperjm'nilng wWh
a modified military parachute de
signed to ope* quickly for low
flying planes
lint i mmmmmmmmmmmmmm ■*■»*
DICE HOWELL
WILL APPE AR
Ngrth CaraHm iipnas W»
Stuff At Eiffffrig— At Bfl*t t
HI! Satftriay
ft
Os wide Interest throughout Boat
Caroline Is the hews that Mias Dirt#
llowall estiva North Caro Han lou who
has mads a distinguished record aa
a lyric soprano lu metropolitan gg*
tern will be the principal soloist Sat
urday at th* patriotic exercises and
historic anvelling horn sponsored by
th* Colonel Alexander McAUlat**
chapter. Daughter* of tha American
Revolution.
Numbers of peFioua from nil part*
of the atata are expected Is Snow
Hill Saturday for tho unveiling of Mto
marker to commemorate the *oath
us boundary of Lord GraavlHe's one
eighth part of Carolina and tha moat”
Mvera Indian battle ever fought la
North Corolla*. Tim marker was gives
by th* I). A H chapter and Oreesm
county commissioner*. A plcslc dia
ller and barbecue will baa feature ofl
the day.
Governor A. W. McLean, will ha a
main speaker, his subject to ha “Ouf
Debt to our Ploheero" Hoa. J. P.
rrtsMil* will apeak on th# elgulflc
' arc* of the Tuscorora campaign. Mrs.
|Edwin C Oratory, Stats D. A. R.
Regent, and Mrs. #. 0. Spencer
Vico Prealdant General. D. A. R
and Atony other patriotic organisa
tions heads will also he on thsi pro
gram.
WITH REPLIES TO ROHNBOV
ALBANY. N. Y„. March SS.-iP)—
Governor Smith tonight character
ised as “demagogic” slander state
ments mad* by Senator RoMnaoo.
Republican. Indiana, on the floor of
Itho Senate yesterday that Harry P
Sinclair, a prominent Agar# la thu
oil scandal, had heeu n henry con
tributor to th* New York State 4ut
oeretic gubernatorial campaign lu
in*. •* - -
week they fousd him uncommonly
interested In their Invitation.
Two or three years ago Mr. Weav
er went to see him with the Mayor of
Asheville and Mr. Coolidge. as la Ills
wont when he Is receiving visitors on
I a mission with which he Is not In
rympathy kept them standing. Mayor
Cathey actually had a 11 minute
xpeech prepared lrat he didn’t get to
proclaim a siagle sentence touching
on the beentles of hie native heath.
The other day Representative Wear
ar and Mr. Blair spent half aa hour
with th* Prealdant. They gave him.
as he had asked them, a minute deo
ciption of “Zeslandla”, the home of
Phillip S. Henry, and of Fred Seel
*y’s Grove Park home. They studied
maps, discussed ths Ptsgah Nation
al Forest and th* Groat Smoky Moun
tain park aft*.
Toward the end of th* Interview,
which revealed an enthusiastic iator
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MBMBBB OR
the associat—i
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price ms cuff
WtMtH’SalM Jmms|
F 0» OWMWON
Attack’s Noir Task ntTrijll
AttitaMs Tt—wnlt PpsMM*
• * ttM uffEum^F ;-
winston sauEm, March (MU
'—■* P—)N4*n «t Nod
es rolls*. iaclaita* O. MSK Qortsai, .
.Tovernor McUm, Ills—i Mttseal
Daonls a- »m—lit. —wt»y
mu* James A. Kan mm, V—. A.
PrrtiA «—My « Urn MMi
Carol Im dopartmslt of asrtoSttSfn
Representative Wm, 0. HiaSW, ►«
any declared their nppealttoa to Ape*
rrnor At Smith's casdtdacy lb' iU<
•aria* questionnaires aost 0— kyf
Santfcrd Mart la. adftor of— WlS
stoa-Salem Joarsol. to lOfSP—ft)o
what bar they ora sapforttoj^fhaMbw
ymllniMJ m—https* f '
tfc» state* lao—s doftTpopmo. r*b
the rtawa of Ih—Mptelts-hto« SMS
lit North Carol 100 who ar* t> «Mo*Pi
of Col. John
hern. rttidldalt I* JgpotoStM tavdt- >
far. The story Into* Jpotwst’tl »
vraor Stolto’a eaaAiUtdy palely fl-s
U 4 > ■ I I—a v mom
3 nlats ▼ PQtmmi • Hp—'-
a vsry large parcsnlaSS Os MpfMj|ttoP*
matte steotorato la "«ttoMito'4».aat
'nd racocataod so ooa of the oatetoaA
isa Dotooersto of ISo Stale daolssai
y wMowa
aettoa of tatth”** "s!' MSI
staadard basest.
Colon* i Lsasatos’a lottef woo the
thirteenth to reply to ooaaftossaitto '
east oat hr The Jaaraal IMS ««l—
is' toktsg s poll of appraits—lf fif
ty leading Democrat* aad mail Aston
tor State office* la Nor— OsAWss to
aetarailM their atoiToa Ms AI
Smith lease. Os this aaatoer tea hs»e
declares their npsaaftlts to •■Mrs
nomination, taro have aaM they were
under,ided, while oaly oae has come
oat for the Mew Tort Optorsor.
“t look with grave cqaeera «y
ea say movement* or teadeaeiea fkl
celated to revive tkoee til— li—a
which distract the pahHe tbowcht.
and accept tec aay I*aSSHhl> wtMh
1* calculated to rovlvo attack* Op** .
thosa laws aad oaastltvtleaal ppA»
risloaa rslatlac to pr*hlMttoa % * ha ,
write*. "For this reason I css set htt
rtgard with appreheaalos toe nom-
Inatton of Ckrveraov StoWh. whose
legislative career has hoes la eppor
eat accord with effort* to jrp—l
pcohiMUea legislation, aad whose
adeslalstrstlre record has heoa Is Sf
psrsat accord with the view tost the
Stats Is set oMlsated to MMlHktfl
support la aid of ovary psfH—
of the NatVxsal CosetKalloa."
The letter fottows:
I hart your latter of March IM>
In which yen authe laoalry: **Aho
you In favor of the somlseOoo of
tiorersor Alfred B. Smith a* Oam
icrstic candidate for WrttM—f
Mo Answer to this i a*airy l t **||p".
North Carolina has for tot §s* W
years draws tha attoatlos of top as*
tion to her rapidty taersostof S*»Sv
rots under Democratic State AAmtots
t rations. Kora loss tins# la th# ate
lier period fetlowlac to* aearttispi
of Rapnbllcaa mtsraie, tha pohlt*
piled was dirtrtad tram #SMN OOP
deration or mrwiviml Vml
lv* measure, by Urn MaaaJal OshU
stem determined this |PtoMaa A*-
•“Sllt.’SrP?