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-THE UNION COUNTY PAPER EVERYBODY NEEDS IT "THE UNION COUNTY PAPER EVERYUOD TKADS IT lONROE JOURNA U PUBLISHED TWICE EACH WEEK TUESDAY AND FRIDAY -v VOL.24. NO. 102. MONROE, N. C TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1919. $1.50 PER YEAR CASH. r i 1 ME J AM) COMMITTEE lEI"ORTS FAVORABLY ON ISADIO SITK ,ent Tlire Day Her l.as Wwk I in est 'gating uml lHt Meil That Per Acre Was Nol Th MiuW For IjiiiI Mail Findings lo Wnslilnu toii. The Land Committee, appointed lo se I luit boih the property owners t.id the government get a square deal i: the transaction for the land on which the radio station is to be built. a:ter spending three days here last week investigating, made a favora r e report to Mr. H. H. Martin. Solic itor for the Navy Department at Washington. The committee was headed by Mr. E. K. Preston of Charlotte, who was arpointed chairman of the Land Com uittee for the War Department about two years ago. Accompanying him as experts were Lt. F. O. Clarkson j;i present stationed in Charlotte, and Mr. Charles Gibson also of Charlotte. The committee arrived Thursday and h-gaii their work that afternoon by j.:ing over the site, four miles from r.Te, in company with Mr. T. L. Kid die. Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce. Thursday night the committee met v :th about twenty of the represen tative citizens of the county in the Chamber of Commerce rooms and (.jestioned the latter concerning the pice of real estate in Union county, laying special attention to the value .'!' real estate near the site. A num ber of the citizens then gave their af niavit to what they had told the c'lnniittee. From this the committee c-cided that the price. $50 per acre, :i;ked for the cite for the station, was a fair one, both to the government ;r d to the land owners. Friday and Saturday were spent hv the committee in the courthouse investigating the records as to the ulue of land around the site, and In t;oupiug and gathering together the i 'formation obtained. The data se-c-.red. all of which was favorable, v as then mailed to Washington. The vork of executing deeds for the land on which the station will be I -lit. to Mr. T. L. Riddle, acting as .'.cent for the government, has been 'mploted and everything Is now in i-ndiness to deed the land over to t ';e government. The lirst piece of metal to be used i connection with the radio station t lived at the office of the American 3 .ail way Express company several "iys ago. It is addressed to the Com : 'nnding Officer, Southern Radio Sta- ' Monroe, N. C. It weighs about !'!ty pounds and somew hat resembles automobile hood. On what part ' the station it will be used is not 1' "own. r.ii Houston. coixmED. is IDENTII ED AS HIGHWAYMAN I.v M: W. II. Tyson, Who was Held Severs, I Hays Ago Mnny Tliinj;.'. Stole.i From Houses During -.lit' Summer Found in Houston's Homo l.y Officers. Dob Houston, colored, who was "linen into custody Friday night by Constable M. L. Threat t and Deputy Sheriff Clifford Fowler has been Iden t'ried by Mr. W. B. Tyson as the ne i.:o who, several nights ago, held him nil at the point of two pistols and at tempted to rob him. Furthermore, Mr. Tyson states that the negro who held him up wore a pair of leggins u:.d a sweater, which was much fray ed in front. When the officers search ti Houston's house Friday night af W they had arrested him they found pair of leggins and a sweater con cealed between the mat tress and 1 -at hers ot one of the beds. Constable M. L. Threatt learned tv.at Houston had sold to Mr. Wm. E.antley a double barrel shot gun for ill, who had swapped it to a' negro who lives near the South Carolina !:.ie for a pistol. The shot gun had Wen stolen from Balaam Llles, a ne-fc.:-o. Mr. Threatt recovered the gun a ."d went to the home of Houston, in the western part of town, known M Quality Hill, to arrest him upon a charge of larceny. He was accompa nied by Mr. Fowler. Searching his house they found a number of articles which had been stolen from homes In Monroe several months ago when a n miber of the homes of the city were t'.'.ered. Among the articles found wre two pistols, one of which has hv-n identified by Mr. C. B. Adams one which was stolen front the home of his mother, Mrs. H. B. Ad :.is, several months ago; six pocket k:i!vcs, a quarter sack of flour and n f ovtion of a box of cigars which were Molen from the store of Mr. Harvey MrManus about a mile west of town -everal nights ago; several pounds of leather and a number of articles of J:welry. Houston's wife was found wearing a diamond ring which was identified as one stolen from the home of Mr. D. B. Snyder during the burglary epidemic some time ago, and a valuable cameo. The officers had gone to Houston's house for the purpose of arresting him for the larceny of the shotgun, but upon the discovery of the stolen goods and the Identification by the owners a warrant was sworn out charging him with housebreaking and when Mr. Tyson Identified him as the negro who attempted to hold blur up several nights ago he was arrested on a charge of attempted highway rob bery. In all ten warrants have been sworn out against him. He was locged In jail and will be given a hearing before Recorder W. O. Lem- mond tomorrow. When Messrs. Fowler and Threatt carried the negro to Jail they were accompanied by Mr. W. T. Stewart. Arrived at the jail. Mr. Fowler handed Mr. Stewart the key to the prisoners hall. Entering with their prisoner the door was locked behind them and following the usual custom the prisoner was searched before leaving him. Then the gentlemen started to leave but found that the key to the door was gone. Careful search of the person of the negro tailed to reveal it. but upon looking in the bedclothes of one of the bunks it was found. When Mr. Stewart had locked the door as he entered he had placed the key on adjacent table and during a moment when the eyes of the officers were not on him the negro had seized the key and slipped it between the bedclothes on his hunk. It being thus shown that he thought of escape, the negro was placed in an individual cell for safe keeping. Houston is a negro below the me dium height. For the past two or three months he had been acting as janitor for the Central Methodist church. For some time before his becoming janitor of this church he had done little if any work. The three people who were held up dur ing the Christmas holidays described their assailant as being a negro be low the medium statue. Chief of Police T. M. Christenbury and Constable Threutt several days a?ro searched Houston's home, look ing for stolen property. At this time they failed to find anything. Houston must have concluded that as the of fiers had searched his home a few days before that he was safe in bring ing his booty home, thinking they would not come again soon. l'p to this morning ten warrants had been issued against Houston and the eleventh, charging him with lar ceny of the Jail key, will he issued some time today. It was stated that the first case which will be disposed of at the healing tomorrow will be the one charging him with stealing the key. rows negroes caught in CHAP GAME AT MAHSHYILLK St art til Out Sunday Afternoon in Seimh oi "Mealy Boer" Hut F.ndecl in l (iame ('might It) Chief X. IS. (Jiltfln of Marsluille. Four younjf MarshvHIe negroes started out Sunday a week ago to get some "mealy beer" and stopped to watch a couple of other bucks en gaged in a skin game, so they testi fied on the Bland in Recorder's court yesterday, and while they watched i hey were surprised by Chief Z. B. Griffin, who stated on the stand that they were not watching the game but were really and truly engaged in that uame which is second nature lo the ilegro. He was borne out in his r-tate-mcnt by Kemp Barrett, colored. Re corder Leuitnoiid was of the opinion that Chief Gt iffln's version of the affal. w:;s the correct one und taxed the negroes with the costs in the esise and placed them under bend for their reappearance In Recorder's col it on April 1st, to show thai they had not 'eeu skiiiuiu' any more. The uegioes were Lulaatu Allen, Joe Crow der, Ellis Staton and Ed Cuthbcrtson. In the absence of Mr. R. L. Su pers, M.iyor J. C. Sikes acted cs pros eor'ing 'ittorney, and when Hiaam Allen on the stand stated that he was on his way to get some "mealy beer" and just stopped to watch the game Mayor Sikes stated that he had never tasted that beverage and would like to know if it was good. Balaam replied that he could not enlighten him on the point as he never got to the hoiue where It could be found. When Chief Griffin surprised the crowd they scattered like a bunch of partridges and with as much speed all except Ed Cuthbertson. Ed said that the reason he did not run was that he had not been playing and that they were using his overcoat as a table on which to toss the cards. Another defendant, however, stated that the bunch started off in such a hurry that they ran over and knock ed Ed, who was a little in the lead, down and that before he could arise Chief Griffin was upon him. Fult Davis and Fairley Smith were also en gaged In the pleasing pastime but have not been seen since the occur rence and the opinion was expressed that from the manner In which they started off they are still going. The negroes on the stand said that the two who escaped were the only ones who had been engaged In the game. One of them even went so far as to state that he did not know the Ace of Spades from the Ten of Hearts. Wants Thein Protected. Wsxhaw, Route 5. I wonder how many citizens of the county are in favor of slopping the hunting season for birds entirely. While we are at town and other places at work, the loafing white men and negroes slip in on our places and shoot our birds. Now. if the legislators will knock out tne period entirely I will give "Bunk" Lemmond a job suro enough. Let's hear from others who are interested In our little birds. Respt., B. C. Hinsou. Germany acts as If she meant to rely on the plea of Insanity when Anally arraigned in court. Lowell Courier-Citizen. The Kaiser with his five hundred- odd uniforms seems to be-all drest up with no place to go. New York Telegraph. PISES. I-OINCAKK MAKES AD DRESS AT I'F.ACE MEETING Suys Intervention of I'. S. was M Su- ptvine Judgment PiismM at the Bar ol History by the l.oity Coiixience of n Free lVo'l President i'oincare of France made the opening address at the peace con ference hi which he paid the follow ing tribute to America: "Thus, it was the extent of German ambitions that brought so many peo ples, great and small, to align them selves against the siime adversary. What shall I say of the solemn reso lutions taken by the I'uited States In the spring of 1917, under the auspi ces of its illustrious President, Mr. Wilson, whom I am happy to greet here in the name of grateful France and. if you will allow nie to say so, gentlemen, in the name of all the na tions represented in this room. "What shall I say of the many oth er American powers which either de clared themselves against Germany Brazil. Cuba. Panama, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Haiti, Honduras or at least broke diplomatic relations Bo livia. Peru, Ecuador, I'rtiqttay. From the north to the south the New World rose with indignation when it saw the empires of Central Europe, after having let loose the war with out provocation and without excuse, carry it on with tire, pillage and the massacre of inoffensive beings. "The intervention of the United Stales was something more, some thing greater than a great political and military event, li was a su preme judgment passed at the bar of history by the lofty conscience of a free people and their chief magis trate on the enormous responsibili ties incurred in the frightful conflict which was lacerating humanity. "It was not only to protect Itself from the audacious aims of the Ger man megolanmnia that the United States equipped fleets and created Im mense armies, but also mid above all, to defend an ideal of liberty over which it saw the huge shadow of the imperial eagle encroaching further every day. America, the daughter of Europe, crossed the ocean to rescue her mother from the humiliation of ihnaldom and to save civilization. "The American people wished to put an end to the greatest scandal that has ever sullied I lie annals of mankind. Autocratic governments, having prepared in the secrecy of the chancellories and the general stafff.snrt mad program of universal dominion. let loose their packs at the time fixed by their genius for intrigue and sounded the horn for the chase order ing science, at the ver ytime it was beginning to abolish distances, to bring men closer together and make life sweeter to leave the bright sky toward which it was oaring and to place itself submissively at the ser vice of violence; debasing the relig ious idea to the extent of making Cod the complacent auxiliary of their pas sions and the accomplice of their crimes in short counting us nought the traditions and wills of peoples, the lives of citizens, the honor of wo men and all those principles of pub lic and private morality which we for our part have endeavored to keep un altered throughout the war and which neither nations nor individuals can repudiate or disregard with im uniiv. "While the conflict was gradually extending over the entire surface of the earth the clarfikinj of chains was heard here and there and captive na tionalities from tlie depths of their age-long jails cried out to us for help. Yes, more, they escaped lo come lo our aid." 0H'rntlon Performed Upon N. U. Sol dier at Scik During Storm. Coast artillerymen from Connect icut and scattered troops from Penn sylvania, Iowa and Oklahoma who reached port Saturday on the armor ed cruiser South Dakota went through a storm two days out from Prest described by naval officers as one of the most tempestuous they had ever experienced. Mountainous waves buffeted the vessel and one demolished the pilot house, injuring Captain Luby, Com mander Caldwell and a number of officers and sailors. In the midst of the storm, with waves at times running forty feet high, two army surgeons performed an operation for appendicitis upon a soldier aboard the South Dakota. When the condition of Corporal I'. O. Williams, of the 66th coast ar tillery, whose home is In Alrlie. N. C, was pronounced dangerous, the war vessel lay to In order to facilitate the operation. Lashed to the table, the surgeons accomplished their delicate task between lurches of the ship and today the artilleryman was removed to a hospital, on the way lo recovery. Relief Worker;; Sign Death Wairauts Relief workers in the Near East sign the death warrant of thousands when for lack of, funds they cut down their lists, selecting those to whom they will continue to give help these are principally the children, the orphans, innocently caught In the net of the great war. The cutting down or lists really means picking out those who are to perish. Gener ous America would never permit this did she but realize the situation. She has done so much to save the frag ments of the Christian races In the Ottoman Empire, she will surely not abandon them at the hour of greatest need. Leave your contributions with the English Drtt Co. AMERICA OUTLINES BASIS FOIS I.EAta E OK NATIONS American Mission Kexdied ( mii Point for League of Nations to Be Submitted lo IVacv 'on Terence. The American Mission has resolv ed upon a working formula of the league of nations embodving the points to be submitted to th. regular session. The Press Publishing com pany gives them as follows: The league principle is more than an academic abstraction. It can be reduced to an operating basis, but the duty lies upon the Americans, who made first enunciation of their pre cepts. The principle having been adopted by all nations pitting at the peace table, the next step is to prove its practicability by presenting a working rule of procedure. The form of submission will be elastic so as to allow opportunity for the fullest discussion and reform. The first problem will be definite and irrevocable adhesion to the priivj cipie or the league of nations; sec ond, t lie appointment of a permanent court of arbitration and conciliation; third, the appointment of a body to codify and revise international law with a view to elimination of out worn precedents tind the inclusion of new phases growing out of the com ination of all nations; fourth, the definite commitment on the part of the senators to accept the adjudica tions of the league's supreme body. Those four points are prefatory to the erection of a more detailed struc ture later. At the outset nothing will be done towtrd direct disarmament, that con summation being regarded as likely through the successful operation of the preliminary agreements. The for cible execution of the league's man dates is to be Intrusted to a designa tion of nations, which will act as pa lice powers. There Is to be io sug gestion of an international army or navy, experts generally agreeing sh a plan as being not feasible. The courts of judgment are lo be created as permanent bodies. Per haps the most important doctrine America will offer is compulsory ar bitration, under which a nation of fended against must, nevertheless, come into court for judgment or lie adjudged equally guilty with the of fender. The n'titude Is based on th belief that those In the right need have no fear of facing the Issue. y work Is hem-; none on the details and the outlook promises the certain acceptance of practically all that President Wilson is committed to. The conference will accept the league principle and adopt a formu la and will not permit any scheme of undue national aggrandizement. (iovet'iiiiient Needs Hundreds of Ac countant. Washington, Jan. 2". The war is practically ended hut war work is not. The tremendous labor' of the details of adjusting the accounts and paying the bills will occupy the time of a large force for many months to come. The Ordnance Department oi the Army alone is in need of 200 se nior cost accountants at entrance sal aties ranging from $2,200 to $4,200 a year; o00 Junior cost accountants at entrance salaries ranging from $1,200 to 2.000 a year; and 300 clerks qualified in accounting at en trance salaries ranging from $1,000 to $l,S0O a year, for service at ord nance establishments throughout the United States and in the headquarters at Washington, I). C. The collection of the income tax also calls for the employment of an additional number of accountants. The Income tax unit of the Bureau of Internal Revenue Is In need of a number of traveling auditors and res ident auditors at entrance s.-.laries ranging from $1,800 to $4,500 a year. All of these positions are open to both men and women. The United States Civil Service Commission is receiving applications for these positions. Applicants will not be required to report at any place for examination, but will be rated upon their physical ability, education, training and experience, based upon the sworn statements in their appli cations and upon corroborative evi dence adduced by the Commission. Application blanks and full Informa tion may be obtained from the secre tary of the local board of civil service examiners at the post office or cus tomhouse in any city, or by commun icating with the United States Civil Service Commission, Washington, D. C. Million-Dollar Insurance Policy. William Wrigley. Jr., millionaire and dominant stockholder in the Chi cago National League baseball club, has taken a life insurance policy for one million dollars. The annual premium on the ordinary life plan will be sixty thousand dollars. Eight physicians, representing 22 companies, among which the insur ance will be apportioned, conducted the examination. "I never saw so many stethoscopes and little mallets which they pound ed on my chest." said Wrigley here, after the examination. "They asked me how I kept in such condition. I told them the things I liked in life took place In the early part of the day and not late at night." Comparison. "It's just aa wrong to gamble when you win aa when you lose." "Yessuh," asserted Mr. Erastus Plnkley. "De immorality Is Jes as great, but de inconvenience ain't." BLIND MEN AP.E ItllVti FITTED FOIS USEFUL LIFE IJed Cross Cares for 7 1 Who Their Sight During the War and These Heroes hi l!e Hi ing Se rial Training ul (,n eminent Ex pense. Seventy-one of the 2mt men of the American fighting forces who were blinded in the war row are being sheltered, treated or educated in the Red Cross Institute for the Blind in Baltimore. The institution has been designated as a United States general hospital and is called '"Evergreen." Colonel James Bordley, director of the institute, said that all the Amer icans blinded in the war would be brought here for a course of train ing, as this was the only training school for the blind maintained by the government. He described the morals of the blinded men as wonder ful. The men are first treated in the hospital, sajs Colonel Bordley, in a statement, after which thev are taught to use a typewriter and read and write Braille raised type for the blind. Then they receive special training to develop the sense of touch. "After this fundamental hand I raining, the men are given special education to fit them for the calling in which they are interested and are qualified successfully to follow," says the statement. "Thus, those with inclination and the inherent ability are trained for such occupations as stenographers, salesmen, correspondents, retail store managers, tin connection with this latter occupation, plans already have been made to open a chain of retail stores, each of which will have a blind soldier as manager.) "Those with a love of out-doors and a natural aptitude for out-of-door life, will be trained for chicken rais ing, bee-keeping, truck gardening and such like occupations. Those of such caliber and a mentality that fits them for Industrial life are trained, not merely in shop practice, but for some particular job that they can fill, and in which they will feel happy. "Men with a high quality of educa tion and a ability that fits t hem for professional life will be given such special education as will enable them in follow their chosen careersuch as law, massage, literature. "Men who know say that the blind mln Is handicapped ov'er the sighted HO per cent. The men ate being giv en 3D per cent and more educational training than their sighted fellow workers, thereby minimizing this handicap. "While a man is being prepared for this future career, the position for which he Is being fitted is being secured. In a word, he Is helped lo help himself he is encouraged to equip himself to be a good citizen." Too Thoroughly Inst curled. It would not be fair to assume, on the strength of a single instance, that collission between counsel and client is of frequent occurrence, but in earlier limes, before the advent in Lcourt of expert testimony, when the tests of mental derangement were legal and not medical. It is conceiva ble lhat the barefaced "arrangement here quoted from the Washington Post might get past a judge. Some years ago a lawyer in some what Irregular standing had to de fend a man named Marshall, charged with larceny, against whom there was very strong evidence. The day before the trial the lawyer visited his client. "Now,"aid he, "your only chance of escape is in a plea of insanity. You must play the lunatic, and play it well." On the day of the trial Marshall look his place in the duck, pale, hag gard and wild-looking. "Guilty or not guilty?" began (he clerk. "Spoons!" drawled the prisoner, with a blank stare. "Come, plead guilty or not guilty," counseled the clerk Impatiently. "Spoons!" murmured the prisoner, in a deeply melancholy voice. "Prisoner." exclaimed the Judge sharply, "will you answer the ques tion put to you or do you want to be punished for contempt?" "Spoons!" sighed the prisoner, casting his vacant gaze upward to the ceiling of the courtroom. At that point the counsel for the prisoner arose. "Your Honor," he began, "it is clearly it is pitiably evident that my unfortunate client is not responsible for his actions. He is menially deranged. To proceed with the trial is an outrage on a free citizen of this commonwealth." "Do you understand what is said?" the judge demanded of the prisoner. "Spoons!" he breathed vacantly. It was evident thai the man was insane, and the Jud."e ordered him discharged. He was taken in charge by his sympathizing and faithful friends who were present by arrange ment, and left the court with them. The lawyer followed them and con gratulating Marshall on his escape, suggested that It was a good time to pay his fee. His client stared at him with blank amazement. "Spoons!" he-"sald sim ply, as he moved away leaving the lawyer outwitted by his own wit. Dr. W. H. Wakefield of Charlotte, the eye, ear, nose and throat special ist who visits Monroe frequently, is spending some time In New York, vis iting the clinics and hospitals; pick ing up useful information, and at the the same time taking a much needed rest. AAISON WISEMAN HELD FOIS Ml RDEP. OF DP.. II E.N NESS EE Kill Continues lo Assert His limo- tem-e Pivliiuiiiiiry Healing Will He (,ien Him Saturday, Jan. 25th. The preliminary hearing of Aaron Wiseman, charged with the murder of Dr. E. A. Hennessee as he stepped from a train at Glen Alpine, will be held tit Mm uanton, Saturdav, Janua ry 25th. In the meantime. Wiseman is be ine held in jail without bond. However, prominent Marion men have agreed to eo on his bond, if he is allowed to give same. When Garfield and Aaron Pitts, the sons of W. D. Pius of Clen Alpine, were tried for the murder of Dr. Hen nessee last March, examination was waived at the preliminary hearing but Wiseman will not waive it. it is understood, and the State will have to show enough evidence to bind Wiseman over. Wiseman will make no statement, other than lo say he is innocent. It is announced. ' Aaron Wiseman was the star wit ness for the state in the trial of Aa ron and Garfield Pitts, who were tried for i he murder of Doctor Hennessee last March and adjudged "not guil ty." Evidence at the trial showed that Wiseman was in company with the Pius boes on the night the phy sician v:s killed, both at their store near the railway station and later at the railway station just prior to the shoot ini.'. Pecan.--" of an old fend between the Pi' Is ami M"iines:'.ee families, an in cident of which was the killing of Gorman Pit's 5 years ago. for which Dr. Hennessee was tried on a murder charge and acquired, the Slate's at torney tried to place the blame for the killing of Dr. Hennessee on the Pitts brothers. The evidence in the case, which was purely circumstan tial, did not prove strong enough In the minds of the jury to find th defendants guilty and they were dis charged. Solicitor R. L. Huffman did not rive up the work of attempting to find the slayer of the physician and clues, which he has been following since the acquittal of the Pitts boys, led to the warrant for the arrest of Aaron Wiseman Thursday night as Wiseman was returning home from Salisbury, where he bad been to an swer charges of earning liquor from North Carolina into. Ten liessee. before the federal court. It has not been disclosed what Is the nature of the evidence discovered by the solicitor which led to Wise man's arrest, nor has the prisoner made an ystatement as to the nature of his defense. His only statement, since arrest was made after hearin? the reading of the warrant, "I am innocent. Sm-i tutors of the iH-ath of a Race, A diplomat well acquainted with the situation in the Near East recently said: "We are spectators of the death of a race and we are powerless to pro vent it." America can prevent, how ever, the total extermination of that rare b feeding the starving surviv ors, sending them back to the homes from which thev were exiled and helping them get a start in self-supporting work. The largest part of the funds so far contributed has been used for orphans. They have been (ticked up from . the streets where they were wandering uncared for and well nigh perishinc and put in or phanages where they have received a small ration of food, have been clothed, sheltered and taught some trade. To the homeless, ragged, de spairing women wandering through the streets the Relief workers give bread, and two or three times a week a thick hot soup, but they can not begin to supply the food needed and many are dying every day. Hand your contributions to the English Drug Company. UeseM't the U. S. Uniform Says liaker In a general order to the army Sat urday Secretarj Baker called on of ficers and men to maintain the high regard for the uniform which has been established throughout the coun try. "Through hearty co-operation and discipline of the officers and men of the army the country has acquired a new respect for the uniform," the order read. "You men have main tained your hiyh standing not only by BoUlierh conduct in the camps and bravery in the trenches but in your regard for civilian ideals when on leave or furlough, and In this yott have established a record new to all armies. I conlideutlv expect you to main tain your standards throughout the trying days of demobilization, when the tendeiKv to throw off army dis cipline and restraint will he stroi-. I nni conning on you by your own acts and by your Influence to keep up the record of which you and I and our whole country are so proud." Slayer of Charles White Found (iiillty. At seven o'clock Saturdav night the Superior court Jury in Winston Salem returned a verdict of murder In the first degree In the case of Will Davis, negro, charged with shooting and killing Charles J. While, super intendent of construction forces for the Southern Public Utilities Compa ny. The killing occurred on the night of November 17, during the riot in Winston. Davis was sentenc ed to be electrocuted March 7. "White was returning from work In East Winston In his automobile when he was held up by a mob of negroes and ihot.
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