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he News and Observer WEATHER: Fair TaeadaT. ellghtly warmer IrrUrlort Wedaesday Salt aad naltr-wwt s-srtlen. WATCH LABEL. karat uflrattea aa4 steal VOL. CX. NO. 127. SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. RALEIGH, N. C, TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 4, 1919. SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. PRICE: FIVE CENTS. OFFICIAL WASHINGTON FEELS END OF COAL STRIKE NEAR; SIX NEGROES SENTENCED TO DIE ON FIRST DAY OF TRIAL OF RACE DISTURBANCE CASES GOVERNOR BICKETT GETS SOME REAL THRILLS WHEN , "FLYING PARSON" TAKES HIM OVER WAKE FOREST NOTHING TANGIBLE DEVELOPS MP i, Impression Preva)l$ That In fluences Are Being Brought To Bear To Have Miners Return GOVERNMENT OFFERS TO . ..FURNISH PROTECTION TO ALL DESIRING TO WORK Scattered Beports From fields Reaching Into 28 Statet In dicate That First Breaks In Banks of Organised Labor Occurred Ifi West Virginia No Disorder Reported In Any of The Strike Districts; Attorney " General " Palmer Leaves For Home Feeling That Crisis May Be Over By . Saturday Washington, Not. 3. Official Wash ington was firm in the belief that thief ir-Wriwirt-ke'rM.mewi) s There" wss nothing1 definite or tangi ble Ja tho way of actual development to justify thia hopeful view of the situ ation, but everywhere the feeling io UM Hhatinflueeeiffcrereing brought to a "to havo"'thii-T!tTikeT-, numbering more than 400.0QQ return to work. - s Confidential reporta to the Dcpart- meat of Justice front It mruutr in the eoal fields were aaid to show many tie lections from tho ranka of tho strik ra. Some of tho reporta said that large -mumbera of idle miners had do dared they wanted to return to work . but were afraid. To Faralih Protection. -7 Tn thi-Leonneetion effieiale reitcr toil that adeauate protection would W-n There-waa no Decide state it u to how this would be provided tmr U wi" explained that troop.. wquAsL, be available kt the can or any gover - nor who believes it neceseary to pre ant tn nrateet worker. Scattered reporta from the fields i.,-Kin into 23 states, snowed the fir it breaks in the ranks of organised labor ,;.iavVielL Virginia and c-oloreao. -:... t Wfiiliinetaa headquarters oi k. mtnra aaid that all non-union 1 Wines were working to full capacity ' and turning out considerably more eoal the w Saturday. - reme-orpine ppcr atom reports aaid that union men had gone to work In non-unloa mines, and that there waa growing aentiment that the men themseUree snoum nave n the right to vote on the strike before it was ordered. , . nil. information to. large extent, ... i. line with that received by the government, especially as to defections. Officials solo, tne y ii. ...timmt was against them ana tome labor leaders also were taking this ' view. . X Disorder Reported, - Attorney General Palmer, handling - the main eaa or. mo gnTtmmr.i. t. PMHivlvania tonight feeling, It was said, that the crisis might be i 6ver before Saturday, tne oay oi .qw temporary injunction restraining offi cers of the miners' organisation from ..!.; made returnable.'. Asked "" what the government would do that dsyi "We will not eross that bridge until we get to is." , The fact that no disorder was reported . TtptMrtmont of Justice gents was taken as a good sign tliafj conditions-were Bopeim iuo miners realited it was time for sober judgment ana aeuon. .m..c.. meetings were scheduled for tonight, in the coal Holds, and it was thought here that these might have an Important bearing on the goneral situation. W hlle it ha been-the- government's first reported intention to let the strike """wear Ttseir ou'Hapr t tortHrni riw all areaeies to work, and some direct stepa were taken, but their nature, was not disclosed. . '.1 Benefits Cot Off. Th sweeping powers of the Federal - court injunction cutting off all strike benefits is being relied upon by the . government to bring the strike to speedy end. Local, representatives of the United Mine Workers of America were notified today that checks to cover expenses for the last half of October could sot be sent at wis time Because f the court order. .' . V " Idleness of the miners with no funds available for their support makes, it doubtful if they can hold out for any extended period, according to the view of men familiar with strike conditions. It is largely because of this fact that labor leaders themselves look for early pence in the industry. . ... Three conciliators of the Department of Labor, here from the eoal fields, were in conference' with officials of the "department today and gave first hand information as to actual conditions. -They were Hymel Davis and' James Pur cell, of Kentucky, and William Sogers, of Iowa.' -- ; - . The question of possible curtailment of train service has been left to regional directors for determination although railroad men agreed, that unless the strike is brought to a quick end it my ' be necessary to reduce sharply both frrijht and pawenger services The railroad administration is ready to seise such coal as it needs, and move the rest to districts where the supply is - 10 . . . . : ' i i i 1 Senator Slightly Better. Charlottesville, Va Kov. S. A slight change for the better was evident to day ia the -condition of Benstnr Martin, according to his physician. The Sen ator had a comfortable, day and ate modeWtely, the doctor announced, adding that Mr. Martin waa maintain ing hia improvement tonight. . COALPRQDUCTION CEASES GENERALLY Nearly Half Million Miners Re main Out of Mines On First Real Test Day OPERATORS ADMIT THAT STRIKE IS SUCCESSFUL Beports of Some Minor Breaks In Banks of Organised Min ers In West Virginia Opera tors Remain Unchanged In Their Demand For Return To Work and Arbitration Chicago, 111, Nov. 3. Today, the first real test day in the nation-wide strike of oitumlnous eoal miners, passed with- ouT'i' "TSreak ' of TMty wenwquence--in -the general cessation of productios-despite the inactivity of the leaders of the United Mine Workers of America be cause of the government's restraining order. Durinir the drr therewas- a,furthcr movement of" troops inTo affected arear, although only one nitner. disturbance was reported. Although there was a re port that a break among union miners imong union miners had- occurred in the northern West Virginia fields, where it was said fifteen mines were in operation, miners and operators alike asserted that the pro- II ill. k ii' I. .1 Bii i . timi nan r.imjKUi a. also was reported that some union min ers resumed work in one Colorado mine when pperators - and union officials agreed upon a settlement whereby operators, would make wage increases I as were later made effective in Lastern gclda, .." . ' t Break In WesT-TlrgtwlK; Non-union mines in Pennsylvania and West Virginia were in operation today with almost the usual working forces. union lesdors admitted that, because Of the restraining order, they were do ing nothing to 'induce non-union work ers io walk ont.) in X?liio, five rs. stripping companies were operatta-v- 'With approximately r 423,000 moncri idle, according to anion leaders' claims, conceded by most of the operators, con sumers ware beginning to ftet therf fects of the strike , in nrnriiirtinn Thousands of ears of eoal were bclna- eonnseatea y the iederal railroad ad- ministration a few schools were closed in remote places, and ia a number of communities water and electric compa- uies wer SffoKfeii Miners Fsil to Report. While operators generally were mak ing no attempts to mine' coal rcnortt from the various fields in 28 States said that wbiaHci were blown thia morning in many mines with a futile hope that! enougn workers might bo induced to return to -open the mines. . - Operators of the O'Oars mine , in Illinois which furnishes coal to Camp Grant cantonment were unable to re-! sumo work today despite an order from the Quartermaster General's office that government contrasts be filled.- At Billings, Mont., it waa announced today that the schools would not open morrow otrause or tne coal Tarn inc. More than 4,000 pupils and 120 teachers will be affected. Some towns in Ne- brass also faeo the closing of school! I unless coal suipments held in Colorado are received. , The situation as it mar soon direetlvl s fleet the consumers was indicated in a report from Chattanooga, Tcnn., where coal dealers cnteredi an agreement to limit the supply of eoal tn domestic eon- Juthers Io two tOnir JMuetrial buyers were eui-ow.- l de dealers said that onl a fifteen day aupbisnf m oRliand: ' Opertrers Remain Unchanged. Thomas T. Brewster, chairman of the coal operatora' scale committee, an nounced tonight that the mine' owners would not consider any proposition rut forth by the miners until they had re turned to work. Air. Krewster reiterated that the oner- nulu .umiun any innoer action taken by the government to end the Strike. . '; ': - -! i n i I Wo have proposed that all differ- uo saiq, - oe settled ry an 1m- partial arbitration board, and that the men return to the' mines pending the board's award. That is final until for. ther developments warrant us to change when it was sent to the Henate Thurs our attitude. , day by President Wilson, voted unani "However, we do not believe these developments will anoe.T as mr nmnn. sition coincides with tho one made by fresidcnt Wilson, the one the eoal miners refused to consider." - Lignite coal workera of North Da. kota, represented by Henrr Drennan. of Billing, president of that district. presented demands which will be con sidered tomorrow s by : mine operators. Details of .the demands have not been made known, but an increase, in wages together with other - provision. which th.,m4.P. u. aM-' '!... .rf. .... .u. , Is A. T aT. 71 s:Z dangering their chances of victory pre contained in the demands.1 V. . . MeAdoa Not Employed. .' William. C Me Adoo, who ia visiting at Wichita Falls, Texaa, v said today that he knew, nothing U-the , uggeeted intention of the miners to employ him aa their counsel ia the strike, nor did he say whether he would accept if such an offer was made. . . According to C II. Jenkins, president of the .Northers West Virginia eoal operatora association, the fifteen mines reported to be in : operation in the V (Continued Page , Two) rv n ' North Carolina's Governor I i ,,t.j0 n.t;i i J-m"J ohiivuu unw, ujw icai-ucu i wiwi. xnc uuvcrnur vofiitbaes inai considered the aviator somewhat reckless in skimming down into the classic groves of the College and then gliding quickly up again. GoverwWS Bickett is on the right in the picture standing beside Lieutenant Maynard just before thefeatarted far their "Joy Ride." m HOLD UP 1I0BTI j . .s. Congressman Webb's Nomina tion Goes Over Under senate . .Rule On Objection COMMITTEE UNANIMOUS. MUCIDM ATlflM PCDTAIW will iiimnnw.i vuiinui AsnirantS For Appointment To I r rr . Jobs Under New. federal Judge Enumerated and Their Respective Chances- Can vassed; Possibly a Primary In Ninth District News and Ohaerver Bureau, , 003 District Nntionnl Bank Blclg, By R. E. POWELL. - I' (Special Leased Wire.) Jfff Washington, Nov. S. -Prospects that were so bright' in the early afternoon fn ihm- tinnnimniis CAnfirmntinn .nf I Representative Yates Webb at'jitdge'of the Western district court or Korth Carolina were all spoiled a few hours later when, in executive eession of the Senate, Scantor Norris, Republican, of Nebraska, objected to the confirmation Tbf 'ther Shelby-man-. ' This means a delay, possibly not 'onte thaa this week and possibly Yntil the ,t session meets in December, Senator 'Norm has heard from some Republicans in North Carolina, and,1 in pite-t the fact. that. Judgiv. Bnyd. ..him self ired-Benatnt Knute Nelson, chair man of the Henate Judiciary committee. Webb be not delayed for political rea sons, Mr. Norris insisted on his objec tion in the absence of Senator Nelson. . Aspirants Dissppolntd It is all disappointing, .in a sense, to Mr. Webb, Benator Overman, seven candidates for Representative Webb's nt in rnnrrrm ml hn.t nn.. oerats ia the district wbo have their eyes peeled for pstronage under the u.lirft ,WI. Of this latter elniis. Jnmn A. Hartness. of Iredell, was here in per- son tooay to nrge ms claims lor. tne principal clerkship. The judiciary committee, to which the Webb appointmeut waa referred mously to confirm Mr. Webb. Benator nelson sat with his committee and read the telegram from tho Greensboro jurist requesting that the - appointment be confirmed: . No one voiced the slightest opposition. - Then, 'late this afternoon' Benator Overman requested the Senate to ffo in executive cession to consider the re port of the committee. It was the hone of the junior Seaator that the unani mous confirmation of Mr. Webb eonld be obtained today in -order that the , , "e "w " soia ut coin u MM ' this week, Basis of Norrla Objection. When the matter, came up Senator Norria interposed his objection with the statement that he had received letters from 'friends" in North Carolina nro- testing the appointment and suggesting KhK "K heard on the matter of confirming Mr nruo. i , Senator Overman at this juncture re. minded Senator Norria that Judge Boyd had urged that there be no del.-iv, in ih confirmation of Mr. Webb On account of political reasons, and had sent a telegram to Seaator Nelson to this cf- JUDGESHIP (Coutlnaed Page Two) I 0 ' " ' enjoyed his airplane ride with w.i. JAPANESE COUNCIL ASKS FOR IMPEACHMENT OF PARIS PEACE DELEGATES. Honolulu, Nov. J. By the Asso ciated. Preas.) The Jaaaaeao privy eeunell en Thn4y f tversd the tw pearhnieat of the Ministry of Prem ier nara and the Versailles peace delegation . for the ' unsatisfactory peace; terra, according ta a cable received from Tokie hv in Hawaii HisraJ, JanaacM' dally wewapaper TO LABOR MEETING Washington Conference Sti Busy Trying To Secure Working Basis . Washington, Nor. 3. Admission the International Labor .eonferenro the labot delegates from each of lhe rotrntnes of Japan, France and South Africa against whom protests had been presented, was decided upon today by tno credentials committee of tho con fereneo, Tho question of seating th Argentine labor delegate, also protest ed, went ovor until the delegate arrives I. .1. . T.1,.J U. ji. i ii u v miuu i -1 u i r The 'committee also will reeonimen that the Culmn capital delegate, while retaining bis seat, be deprived of vote in the absence of a labor re pre sentntive from that country. ThereTwre no deTefoiimcnt fluting the dny on the situation created by the fuet that fourteen states have nomi tinted only government delegates. Wlnlo some labor delegates wero in cKned to make fight against their partieipationv. i this confercueothera- were disposed 4o allow the- nresent een- tcrenecu to-eontinua ,iti seasmns . turbed but to" insist on a change be fore the next 'annual meeting in tho treaty provisions laying down the basis of representation. --The question was referred to the commission on draft standing orders, but no action was taken today. ' News that a party of fourteen Oer mans, believed to be delegates to the conference, had not sailed us has been reported, waa contained ia a message received by the State Department and made public by conference officials. The reason given here wss that no transport accommodations were avail- able and it waa said that the Germans now are attempting to obtain, passage on neutral ship. , MARYLAND ELECTION TO END SPIRITED CONTEST Baltimore, Md Nor." 3. Confident claims of victory for their candidates at tomorrows general election in .Mary land were issued by the State commit tee, chairmen of both parties today and predictiona of a big vote are made. Re sides State officer and members of tho legislature, county - offieera will be elected in every county. Attorney General Albert Bitchier the Democratic nomine for Cover nor. and nin - republican opponent is Harry W. Nice, State's Attorney of Bal timore. - . , : - V ."" The campaign was' fought largely on natioaal issues. . t McADOQ NOT EMPLOYED TO , , REPRESENT COAL. MINERS. Wichita Falls. Tex.. Nov, 3. William 0. MeAdoo, who ia the guest of friends here, said today be knew not lung of the miners intention to employ him as coun sel. He would not , ssy . whether he would accept each 'employment a no ventures, for' his servicer: had been ADMIT DELEGATES I' M-auiT'TT ri k J 'ii. " fr-J"; c By Ilortom Lieutenant Mavnard immense- tl. t il.i i. Leaders Try In Vain To Fix Definite Date For Voting On The Document - ADMINISTRATION FORCES AGAINST RESERVATIONS Senator Hitchcock, Democratic Leader, Indicate That He May Help To Vote Down tho Committee Reservations ; No Parliamentary Precedent On Subject W'ashfiigtonTNovi 3. Further indica tions" that . the peace treaty fight may lead to a continuing deadlock developed today while xthe Henate leaders were trying in Tain to fix definite date for a roll .call on ratification. Administration Senators sunrcstinir tfcat the final vote be taken tlrts week indicated a purpose to defeat ratifica tion by combining with the treaty's irreconeilohle opponent should the reservations 'adopted by the Foreign Relations committee be written into the ratification resolution TVhether the admin is! ration forces then could present an alternate reso lution under Henate rules was brought into question by. tho Hcpubliesn lend era, who predicted thnt even if such a resolution got. consideration jt, top, WQUlil le Tolett aown. - IVnite ficta No-hsit An hour of debate on the subject got Bowherc, and the' Senate went back to its consideration of treaty amendments. It may reach a vote tomorrow on the TREATY FIGHT MAY ON SENATE FLOOR W-simtlmcB-t of -aewter iaifVHrttr,toorlria in the' tr. WitB'''mut?ninT publican, Wisconsin, to strike out the, UDor provisions and then, unless trjmf nw plan is' devised to hasten action." otiier amendments and long list of proposed reservations will be taken "up under the tedious rulo of unlimited de bate. ' - : .... '. ..... ' The' administration, proposal for a veto this "week was presented by Sen ator Hitchcock, of Nebraska, the Dem ocratic leader, Jtfr be had blocked one by Republican leader Lodge, call ing for a final vote en November 12. A 'flnal vote" on that date, declared Mr. Hitchcock, would mean that tho uly opportunity for show down on ratification must come on a resolution drawn up by the treaty's enemies and containing reservations unacceptable to' the administration (Senator. Mr. Lodge, in turn, blocked the ad ministration rrotrram. which would have provided for a vote Thursday on tbo-eommittee resolution with its reser-1 rations and would have left Friday and Saturday for consideration of any com- promise resetatM - agreed -on-- ythe4 Democrats and the "mild reservation Republicans. To open the way for such move after a ratification vote had been taken would mean upsetting Sen ate rules entirely, Mr. Lodge declared, adding that if the treaty friends .voted against ratification with, the committee reservations they ' would ; place the treaty "in grave danger.' , ' May Yete Down -Reaolutiea. -r v Although Benator Hitchcock did' not definitely announce his Intention to help vote down the committee resolu tion he argued thnt such a course.- fol lowed by presentation of a compromise measure, would be logical and fair. Supporting this atand Benator rittmaa, E T Shoots Through The Air, 17 Miles To Wake Forest in Lieut. Maynard's Plane WELCOME FOR MAYNARD STAGED AT COLLEGE Society Day Events and Mar nard Profcrram Combined With Debate in Afternoon, Orations and Reception at Night; "Affirmative Winner in Discussion On League tfFF FOR CLINTON TODAY. AC... Lieutenant Maynard, Sergeant Kline and Triale" will hop Off for ClinUn this afternoon, at I o'clork. to give exhibition flights for the people of his own county at ths coanty fair. "If we are not able te make a landing there those people will mob us.'' Lieutenant May hard remarked -tm-KHm-ynArr4tAt - Lieutenant Maynard's orders re. qalre him te be back la Washington Prldsy night. (Jovcrtser Thomas W. Bickett climbed aboard Lieutenant Belvin W. Maynard's De Haviland airplane yes terday afternoon shortly after (wo o'clock sad in. less thaa ten minutes was swooping in dizzy circles above the heads of a welroming crowd gathered on mo goir linns at waxo forest, sov-1 enmm-rirwiiyrwg in tho trans-continental air race. The short field prohibited a Janding, and the ceremonies which had been planned in honor of licr.'cnant Mav nard were postponed until last night when- Govern Bickett ana President W. I' Potest," of Wake Forest, plus Hundred of Meredith College and Ox ford College girl and the normal Wake f orest contingent neaped on Maynard tho delayed honors. . ttectrty-fhiy-at -"Wakcr-forcst and ths exercises for Lieutcnsnt Maynard, who mntrirulated thero this year to com plete bis course, were combined, with Dr. J. B. Turner, tho master of eere- monles. It .was after the orations in the Wingate Memorial Hall at night that Lieutenant Maynard talked to the crowd in a .reception in tho gymnasium. It' was 'by the Governor's insistence that he took his first air flight. Ar rangements bad been made to carry him over to Woke Forest in the afternoon in readiness for the arrival of Lieutcn ant Maynard, Sergeant Kline and "Triiio" in their plane a few minutes later. But the Governor insisted on flying, and Lieutenant Maynard was willing. Mrs. Birkott, it appears, wa not consulted, but the Governor was careful, after he donned Bergeunt Kline's tight-fitting eoat, his helmet snd goggles to re'nind someone to teil his wife ' how pretty ho looked. , Kegords To Msx. "Give my regards 'to Max Gurdner and tell him go make the beat Governor ho ran," the Governor called out as he crammed himself down in the seat that JScrgennt Kline and Trixio usually oe cupy. 'Trixio wasnTaDlt luipi eased with the honor of having a mere gover nor occupy her accustomed place, and she put up a merry little piece of dis order as. the plane took off. Then she f ow ad that Bcrgcant Klina had alia ,nT. 1 I . lll'.t.MU tuau- Hit V.. i.y ,ltfsphrlDwphicnftyir It was an idonl day for flying. alight wind was blowing, but the sun was warm and, tlie sky entirely clear, For thirty minutes or more, the Mover- Maynard, he circled about Raleigh thru made a straight eourse for Waku Forest, coming into the golf links first from 4ha. east. Around and around the plane soared, the powerful motor roaring. . '. Landing Field too Short. The lnndlmr field selectod bv -.Lieu tenant Maynard Bunduy afternoon, was that part- of the golf links, composing a eost of level valley between ttyu sloping hills half a mile from Wake Forest. On either side of the embank ment the crowds were thick. Ej.gerly they watched the plane as it swept around coming low over the -tree topi and then darting upward. Beversl times, the pilot plunged downward, ss if to land, and then took off skyward again., Finally, there was a yell: "Here 'he comm." The big plan j shot down over th'O tree tops, almost kissed the earth, ran parallel with it for twenty-five yards and then as Lieutcn ant Maynard shook his head vigorously in negative fashion, pointed its nose at startling angle aad Maynard waa loav Wake- Forest He explained' last night to a disap pointed crowd that his inability to land waa due to. the fact that the wind was blowing from the north and it was necessary for him to enter the field from that direction. Under such con ditionj, the field lacked much of being long enough to make safe landing. . Didn't Like the Swoonlna-. " - Lieutenant Maynard 'made a perfect landing at Raleigh, oik ths return trip GOV RNOR BICKETT TAKES AIR FUGH ana tne uovcrnur cum bed out of the ear, having completed another uniquo experience - during : hia administration of varied happenings.. .-A ?That flying was great,' the Gov ernor said. ; "The pnly thing I didn't (Continued Page Two) i Over Hundred Defendants In Court at Helena, Arkansas Because of Recent Riot- . Ing There WITNESSES TELL OF JOINING POST AND OH LATER GETTING ARMS Lawyers ,Por Defendants In Cases Offer No Evidence and No Arguments Are Hade Be fore Jury; Pive 6f NegToes -Vterenimm'Ttttd ;; pa; Charges of Being; Leader of Elaine "Squad"; Evidence Introduced2 &ho.wirig Exist ence of Post of "Progressive farmers and Householdl Union of America" . Helena, Ark., Nov. 3. Trial of eases growing out of tho recent race disturb ances near. Elaine in the southern part erf this fMinty, which resulted ia thc f ringing " of indictments 'against "122" (tersons, mostly negroes, proceeded rapidly today in Phillips county circuit court, juries returning verdicts of guilty of first degree murder in two -eases, t herely eau4g -ix negroes to be sen- TenceoT fo"dealh "by r oteTfOcuHofii r - Kvidence brought out by the prosecu tion in the two canes heard today -showed the existence of a post of ttid "Progressive Farmers and Household Union of America," the organisation under which it is alleged the negroes were'banded for the uprising at Elaine, near where the disturbances took plaeu tho first week in October, resulting in the death of five white persons and a lutrer number of negroes and the wounding of others. , . Had Large Following. several witnesaes Inr tl, Ht,t. wunin ion UMys uri'ire me U1S- tr began and wcja to bring arma to meetings beeause the union "expected trouble if the whites tried to break up ita meenting. ' -1 Tha the union had ft large following in the tlaia-e wetghborhowl was brought out iit th testimony of George Green, a negro appearing for the HUte la the ease of Frank Hicks, charged with the killing of Clinton Lee. Green said he attended tho weetlng-pfthe--gwioir-tn church the Bight of September' Stt, and saw there "over sr hnndrid Head'1 who, he testified, ail carried gu It wss when a automobile, ia which a small sheriff's posse was going to ar rest a white man ii the Elaine neigh lwrhood, was stopped for repairs be faro a negro ehurrh. atfeordino- tn a . i-: . jt - i t . i ........ statement issued by tho "committee of seven," authorised by Governor Charles Brough, snd eity aad eountv autlmri. ties to investigate the trouble, that the disorders started, the negroes in the building firing on the nsrtv. killlna- one white man and wounding another. r irsi uses Called. , The first ease called today waa that of Frank Hicks. Several witneasea for the JStato testified they saw Hicks fire th shots the morning of October 1 that resulted in the death of Clinton Lee, of this city, a former soldier, who was a member of one of the Trasses sent to the section' following receipt of news of the attack on the sheriff's possa the previous night. The defonsa announced it had no witnesses and tha Stato jested its ease, the tou t adjourn ing until nitcrnoon as a mark of re spect for Judge P. C. Thweatt. oldest jncmberoJLtJieJMaLJiax whoae son was nuried hero today. When court was reconvened argument was waived aud Jndgo J. M. Jackson instructed ths jury, which after eight minutea' de- ' liberation, .returned a verdict of guilty ' of murder-in- the-iflrst- degree. ;- The second ease called nnmeit An. rFmuiBrir 6rer"lrlTrk;:"3r'," jvnox, i-aui itall and Kd Coleinan, all negroes, charged Jointly with the murder of Clinton Lee. In thia ease theptoecutionttemptc4to prove . . the five negroes were leaders of the , Elaine "squad." "' . , - Witnesse for tho State repeatedly testified that Moore, Knox and Hicka acted as -lender, giving order the morning of October 1, when the ne groes gathered near Moore's house and, forming a column of twos,., marched toward - Hoop Spur,- where they-- had Heard shots. Joha Jefferson, negro, testified Hicks wss president of the -Elaine Post of the union snd Knox vice-president. He also said that Knox, who , brought np the rear : of the column, said he would shoot any de serters. Witnesses also testified to the presence of Hall and Coleman ia the squad that morning,' Dave Arehcr, a negro, who said he . did not belong to the union, testified ' the members attempted to rapture non members 'the morning of the dis tarhficco, arm them and eamne! them to join their ranks. He .said h had been captured ami- srmed, but had es ' caied. . t. ' , -v '.. - Little InUrest la Trial. Paring the testimony the name of BObOtf L;' Hm,S hegrd, alleged -or'.- ganiier of , the union,, frequently was mentioned.;. According to the testi mony of Green in Frank Hiclu "trial. Hill toid-the members of ths anion at meeting the Thursday before the dis turbance that they 'miubt have trouble and to stand their ground." Arguments for a verdict of second degree murder were presented to the jury - by Greenfield, Qunrles, of Helens, appointed by the court as counsel te defend the five negroes charged jointly w ith the murden of . Leei ' John E. Miller, proseentinf attorney, closeit for the Mate, and seven minutes after the ease -was given to the jury a verdict of guilty of, first degree murder1 was ' i made. " , ". . . ; , -.-' ;- ; ' (Continued Page Two) j (Continued en Page Two.)
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