El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-22
ChIeaEo 49, -.
HILES TRIAL is
STARTED AT PEC0S
COmmencement Exercises OF PeeOa
Schools Are CORcIudeds Five
Graduates in Glass.

Graduates In Class
[ PecOs. Tex. May 22--The commence
! ment exercises Of the PecOs high school
/ closed with the baccalaureate sermon
& which was preached this year by Rev
7 J. 3. Cole. OF he First Baptist church
Typhoid during the winter months and
Z a severe epidemic OF measles during
7 the last two or three weeks cut down
l the list Of graduates to some extent.
! there being but five. but the work done
by the school during the session has
been the most uniformly successful OF
any session in the history OF the town.
One OF the pleasant features OF the
week was the music recital EiVen BY
4 the pupils of Miss Florence McCarTer.
who has charge Of the musical work OF
the school On this program the work
OF the class chorus was especially fine
Miss Vernon 1lcCarVer strengthened the
program with a vocal solo
The commencement exercises OF the
class were held at the Baptist church
The building was crowded Miss Julia
Davis rendered q violin solo as the first
number, and Miss Lillian Pruett a vocal
solo to close the evening. Judge Jas
F. Ross delivered the commencement ora-
ton. taking for his theme The glory.
Of the commonplace"
P The alumni association Of the school
was host to the graduates, at the home
OF Miss Mary Woods.
The subject Of the baccalaureats
sermon was The mission Of a life" the
theme being drawn from the faithfuI-
ness and fitness Of Joseph.
Among other remarks made by the
speaker was one depreCatiug the fact
that so large percentage OF the
graduates Of the high schools OF Texas
are girls, and in this connection he
congratulated the PeCos school. in that
your Of the five graduates are BOYS.
The names Of the graduates follow:
Margaret Hail. David Tudor FIov7
Copelin. Fred Gray and Roy Biggs.
Murder Trial IN Progrezs
me w. j. lilies murder case has the
rlghtotWay i'm district court here. Ii
was called for trial Monday morning
but was delayed BY q motion made by
the defence, asking for a continuance
because OF being unable to procure ma
teerlal Witnesses though process had
been sent to the county in which thew
resided. The work OF selecting \ frT~V-
was begun Tuesday morning. 3 venire
OF 80 men having been summoned
I1lles IS charged with killing T. f.
fucker who was a commissioner of the
county and prominent i'm several vvavs
1ne detence offered was that insult
had been offered the vile OF the de-
PENDANT and that when explanation
was asked the deceased ATTEMPTED TO
reach his pistol. when he was shot down
9y Hlles. who carried a shotgun The
snooInS occurred IN December
AEcAer was Mason Of high degree.
In spite Of this. however. three Masons
were taken on the jury the defence ~
nausting but eight Of it's Is Deremutorv
challenges Only As men were exam
try the case
The first witness put on the stand
~ lne state was Dr. Jim Camp, a ply
5lcian by whom the death and manner
or death OF Tucker was proved. The
state then rested. and the defendant
placed his wife and NIitt Thomas On Tie
stand. the two taking up the most OF
me Afternoon with their testimony Mrs.
1lIeSs story was practically the same
-s IN the preliminary hearing. Her
tory or the events lust urnnnTfmo- and
Immediately succeeding the shooting
vas corroborated by Thomas. a vounE
elloW who worked for Hues 1T the
ime as a farm hand