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PUBLISHED TWICE EACH WEEK TUESDAY AND FRDDAY
Thirtieth Year. No. 21.
Monroe, N. C, Friday, April 20, 1923.
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WE SWOONS AS
HER APPEAL FAILS
Begging the Governor to Save
Her Husband, Is Overcome ;
By Her Failure
By Brock Barkley
Raleigh, April 19. Another pathe
tic chapter was added to the history
of appeals for executive clemency to
day when the wife of Milton Nobles,
condemned slayer of Henry Nobles'.
of Columbus county,1 collapsed upon.
nearing uovernor Morrison announce
he could not interfere with the sen
tence. Tuesday has been ! set- as the
date for Nobles' electrocution.
The woman appeared at the execu
tive offices unannounced this morning
and was one of the first to see the
governor. She was unable to offer any
. argument 'for the life of her hus-
band and ventured on a tearful ap
peal. The governor called for the pa
pers and looked into them carefully.
- They -were accompanied by . several
papers of petitions, about equally di
VI ded among persons who sought
clemency for. Nobles and those who
were insistent upon his execution..
When told that the verdict of the
court could not with justice be .chang
ed, the woman swooned in her chair
and became unconscious. The gover
nor, who was alone with her, sought
to revive her, and assistance came
from the secretary's office., Regaining
consciousness, Mrs. Nobles was plac
ed in the governor's automobile and
sent to her room in a local hotel.
This afternoon she was reported as
composed. ' 1 ,
Governor's Hard Lines
The appeals of women and children
for relief for their husbands and
fathers, or of mothers for their sons,
make up a series of almost daily inci
dents in the governors' officef and
the recognized constitutional intent
for the exercise of clemency with
legal or circumstantial justification
' frequently conflicts sharply with the
heart-breaking appeals of those vic
tims of criminal acts. ,':
A wife or mother's appeal in a
capital case comes infrequently only
because the number of theses cases
Is limited. Almost every electrocu
tion is proceeded. by a personal ap-
.peak to the governor byome Iqyed
one and the mere fact'; that, - the
electric chair continues to "put in its
deadly work, is evidence of the or
deal through which a governor must
go. This morning's appeal of Nobles'
wife so affected Governor Morrison
- that Jie was forced to leave his office
and go to the mansion for rest. "
Familiarity with the way of the
courts and the observance of the
daily procession of pathetic appeals
for clemency gives -a clear contrast
of the impersonal grinding out of jus
tice in the one and the personal, heart
touching search for mercy in the oth
er. In capital cases, the defendant
goes before the jury of his peers in
superior ' court, and those who- love
him, most silently sit by and exert
their impression upon the jury with
out the opportunity of soeaking. Us
ually, the case is carried into the su
preme court, where attorneys, for the
condemned man make their appeals
to the five justices who can look at
the evidence from the purely legal
and circumstantial standpoint' the
wives and children or mothersKare
not there. '
Wife Was Desperate
But the poor fellow's case is
brought before tb.e governor with the
wife or mother unburdening their
souls to him, and, frequently, with a
. flock of children sending up their ap
peal through their own victimized in
nocence, and the governor must look
t thp cane n the courts have viewed
it while those" whose hearts are burst
ing plead for. their loved ones salva
tion, whatever his crime may have
. been. "-' " ' ' ' ' .
In Nobles' case the supreme court
was not called upon -to pass upon
the superior court's sentence. Nor had
n nl previously been made to the
governor, although the date had been
set once Deiore ana pumpuneu uhuh
tVis lllnpsui of the warden's wife.
Mrs. Nobles' must have seen the fu
tility of her hope and reconciled her
self to her husband's fate,' until today
she desperately decided upon one trag
ic appeal1 because she. wanted him to
UVNobles killed Henry Notles' Jast
September. There' bad- j been a
"grudge," as the court reported it, of
long standing. The dead man was 83
years of age,- and his murder left two
orphans. The family of the slain man
have persistently fought executive
clemency, and petitions signed by peo
- pie of Colunlbus county insisted upon
electrocution although a large num
ber of signatures were placed to a
paper that asked commutation of sen-
tence to
A few nights ago a thief went to
ii. . L,. Mr Wpqlpv Austin, in
north Marshville township, and stole
e lot of canned iron. is supposed
- ii.nt fiiA mama Tmrtv who hasi been on-
crating in that ectionv. f or the past
lew weeks aia me worn.
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. , Mr. Hargett in the Race
I desire to thank all those who sup
ported me for alderman in the Fourth
Ward, and wish to say that I will be
in the second primary and wtfl appre
' Vaii. onntinnoH cfTnrti in iriv be-
half. I will also be very glad, indeed
to have the support of voters oi tne
ror.! nrVm had other favorites in! the
first primary. If ."nominated I shall
strive to give faithful service during
my term o. office-.,.; Rwpectfully
LEAVES WIFE AND V ..
crippled partner
Raleigh, N. C, April
gsMx
ish drawer, a
behind him his wife, a cri
ness Dartner. an emntv casb
lot of "bum", checks and enoueh debts
to attract the attention of the sheriff, '-was a humdinger. (The peaple were, Williams of the Davis-WllliamB Com
E. J. Lane. Dart owner of the Court- here from far and near. As early as pany both expressed satisfaction with
esy Service Station in Raleigh, has
left for parts unknown. He carried
with him Cleveland Maynapd's almost .
new Cleveland automobile.
As a result of Lanir's flieht from
the city ahd his financial troubles, the rush opened up again. Evidently
the two filling stations of the Court- larse number of customers had re
esy Service one on East Morgan mained at home till the dinner hour
street and the other on-South Salis- and then driven in,
bury streetwere closed i Friday I
nftprnnnn. Thp ttinn were not p.loa-,
ed, however, until after Sheriff Harri-!tne
son seized a Nash automobile, truck, iwun me mercnanaismg. Almost wun
motorcycle and other stock under at-,out exception the expressions of the
tachment proceedings brought by the1neople showed that they were highly
Fisk Tire Company. - ; j pleased with what the merchants of
.Lang lelt Kaleigh, accoralng to the
holies, in a 55tudebaker tourinir car
which he had "borrowed" temporar-1 times in Union county it did not seem
ily from Maynard. a public chauf- that way yesterday. It was more Jn
feur. Maynard had loaned his carlthe nature of a holiday. .
numerous times to Lang for a short! Of course the dry goods, and, the
time and thought nothing of the re-women's goods generally attracted the
quest Thursday night when Lang ask-! most attention. It was a day when
ed him for the use of the automobile
for a few minutes. That was the last
that Maynard saw of his Studebaker
or Lang. Maynard stated Saturday
that he- had information that Lang
was seen loading suitcases in the rear
of his car after getting in Thursday
nignt. , .;-- .v ...... -.v.
The charge of giving, worthless
checks was preferred against Lang
upon affidavits of the North State
Petroleum Company which holds two
checks of $525 each drawn and giv
en the firm by Lang for gasoline and
oil distributed from the service sta
tions. .-.,;
Other charges may be brought
against Lang, according to the police,
for alleged fraudalent business deal
ing with his partner, Ben McKinsey,
who will suffer financial loss on a
larger scale than creditors and other
victims.'. ;,' v
Investigating the charges, Prosecu
tor Beckwith Saturday learned that
Lang carried on his alleged financial
deals during the absence of his part
ner, Mr. McKensic, while the latter
was undergoing treatment . in Rex
Hospital for a broken leg and other
injuries received in ' a motorcycle
crash, i McKenzie had recently recov
ered sufficiently ,to start-a, thorovrrfi
check-up of the business -but 'his
probe was interrupted by the' sudden
leave-taking of Lang. ,
McKenzie was undecided Saturday
what'steps to take in trying td untan
gle the, business of the Courtesy Ser
vice Company but he stated that' Lang
was bonded and the matter, for the
present, will be left with bonding com
pany for adjustment.
Among the creditors of Lang were
the North State Petroleum Company,
Fisk Tire Company, William Bowen
and several automobile "firms in the
city. Bowen leased to Lang the op
tion on the filling station at the in
tersection of Salisbury and . Davie
streets, v. '
Lang is married and left his wife
here at their Jiome on West. Park
Drive. She .was unable to give the po
lice, any ( clue to the whereabouts of
her husband. Lang came to Raleigh
it is snid from Roanoke, Va., and has
been living here about six months. He
and McKenzie' opened the two filling
stations in December. ,
Why Andrew Carnegie Founded
V,.;,, Libraries
'Even at an early age Andrew Carn
egie believed id books. The impulse
Co found libraries so we learn from
Mr, A- B. Farquhar in the First . Mil
lion the Hardest came to him when
he was only a messenger boy.'
Early one morning, says Mr. Farqu
har, Carnegie was sent with a dis
patch to Mr. Anderson, the steel mas
ter of - Allegheny , with instructions
to wait for an answer, Mr. Anderson
had returned late the light before,
and the butler said he could not wake
him. '-v' ' .. .'': i-
Young- Carnegie walked into the
libary and! became jmmersed in a
volume on steel making and the tre
mendous -advantages of steel over
iron. When Mr. Anderson finally
came down with his answer the boy
turned and apologized for having
taken the book. Mr. Anderson asked
whether he was interested in steel.
Oh, yes, it is fascinating to me,"
Carnegie replied.'' :
"Take the book home and read it
and return i when you are through
with it," said Mr. Anderson.
Carnegie did so and was told to
take another; then Mr. Anderson aaid
he might have access to the library.
Carnegie said to me that then and
there he made up his mind that -if he
ever became weajthy he would found
libraries and give young men the
same opportunity . that he was en
joying. ''-''V "f ;
-, Recorder's Court : . . '
James Staton, Henry Staton, Jonah
Crowder, all colored, Marshville town
ship, assault with deadly weapons on
Elijah Houston, colored. Submitted.
Judgment, to pay the man assaulted
damage to person, the sum of 1 275,
and cost of the case and doctor's bill,
and . in addition, Henry Staton was
given 12 months, James 'Staton 18
months, and Jonah Crowder, 12
months on the roads. Sentence not to
begin under six months time. - '
Baxter Stewart, Marshville toWn
ship, pleads guilty td carrying con
cealed weapons; $50 and costs.
Spend five minutes every day in
thinking of some good you can do
'c:r.;-r.c '.hen ia it.-
nll r ttf
jlfvjuui; uay in luyurue lesieruay
rWasv An Old Time Humdinger
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Monroe's dollar day yesterday i
eight o'clock the shopping began and
irom inen nu noon increasea in voi-1 oest aoiiat day ve ever had," they
ume- A great many people came toid, "and we think we gave our
town, did their buying and Wurried customers more than-their money's
back home. Then after the noon: hour
ext to the large number of buyers
the dominant phase of the day was
satisfaction which the buyers felt
iereu.x iue ouying was use we uuan
times of fall. If there are any hard
the men stood in the back ground,
some of them following the plow at
home while the women and children
did the shopping. Other stores, such.
as the drug stores and grocery stores
felt the effect to some extent, but not
like the department stores. There was
a notable exception to this in the case
of the Monroe Hardware Company
which reports a fine business for the
day. "We had a wonderfully fine
trade," said Mr. Gilroer Joyce of the
hardware store. "We sold a lot of
goods and offered a lot of real bar
gains which the people were highly
please with. and which Jhey bought."
SNATCHED WATCH FROM ' .
MARSHVILLE WHITE BOY
Neal Harmon, 25-year-old colored
youth sojourning for the time being
in ' the Union county jail, and who
has been a high-flyer since his es
cape from the Barnwell county, S. C.,
jail in February, 1920, yesterday
handed over tne key to the situation
and decided he would prefer going
back to South Carolina to finish his
ten-year sentence for the murder of
Charlotte Hinson, another colored'
man, to taking chances on the Union
county-&w in regard to snatching-
watch from a white boy and beat-,
ing a freight train.
The Harmon hunt began .Wednes
day afternoon when officers from
Marshville 'phoned Chief Policeman
Spoon and Policeman Jesse . Helms
that a colored youth had asked a
Marshville white boy at the freight
depot to let him see his watch and
then ran and caught a freight train
as it was pulling out,' carrying the
watch with him. Thursday morning
the murderer, thief, train beater and
chain gang quitter was arrested by
the Monroe officers just east of the
city and lodged in the Union county
jail. Rather than take chances on
serving a number of years on the
chain gang in this county, Harmon
told the whole story of his escape
from the Barnwell county chain gang
in 1920 and officers at Winnsboro, S.
C., were notified to come and carry
the prisoner back to South Carolina
to complete his sentence.
In an interview with a Journal rep
resentative, Harmon stated that after
his escape from the gang he went to
Philadelphia and secured a job or pos
ition or employment as chauffeur for
a wealthy Philadelphian. He later
came to Southern Pines and secured
work as caddy on a golf course and
served in that capacity until his ad
venture in passing through Marsh
ville and snatching the watch, which
unwound the whole story. '
When asked why he killed . Hinson,
Harmon replied that the two men
were in. a quarrel, both having pis
tols, and that .he just beat the other
fellow to it. Harmon is a negro of
rather pleasing personality, but bears
the ear Juarks of a smooth article,
and there may be some doubt as to
the correctness of his statements. It
is believed that officers from Wins
boro, will probably be able to., give
more light on the subject. i , ; ;..
Belmont News ' " '
Mrs. J. F. Connell and her two
daughters spent last Friday with
Rev. D. F. Helms of this vicinity.
The B. Y. P. U. met at Hopewell
last Sunday .afternoon at four o'clock.
They organized some time ago but
never have been able to ret a pro
gram, made out vntil then. :
Mrs. I. R. Duncan, who has been in
ill health for about a year, we ire
very sorry to say, is not getting any
better. ' ,' . . . " . ' '
Miss Mary Connell. who is- stu
dent in the Wingate school, was se
verely shocked last Saturday by the
electricity from an iron.
Mrs. Jessie Wentz ; has gone to
Monroe to wait on her sister, Mrs
Hovt Howie, who has measles.
Mr. Thomas Hall is back home for
the summer. He has been off at
work for quite a 'while and is going
to help his father wjtfa the larm tms
summer. .... t . ' '
As the weather was too. bad for
the Hopewell choir to go to Polkton
last second Sunday, it wHl -go the
second Sunday in May)"
Miss Ruby Price, slaughter of Mr.
and Mrs. T. L. Price, spent the week
end with her father and mother. . '
Messrs. Herman and Melbourn
Clontz, who are attending school at
Monroe, spent the week-end with their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. I. (1 Clontz. v
When you get the idea i:: ' cm-.' head
th.t the Vrorld is against you it is.
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Messrs. V. M. Davis and Roland
jthe -business of the day. "It was' the
wprth, and we certainly appreciate the
patronage given us."
jMr. C. L. Efirdof Efirds said: "It
Ma? oUr best dollar day. There were
peaple' in our store from Polkton.
WadeBboro, Hamlet, Jefferson, Lan
caster and otherpolnts, which shows
that Monroe draws customers from a
large territory. One lady who Bad
bften gemg to Charlotte said that she
f9und our bargains much better than
up there. And we have mall orders
this morning from a number of places
following up dollar day offers."
M Mr. Allen Lee, ofLee & Lee's re
ports a splendid business and said:
"From the way the people " bought
goods they seemed to be highly pleas
ed. I did not hear a single complaint
about prices. We had all the custom
ers we could wait on."
Dr. Simpson "of Belk Brothers Bald:
'We were busy all day. It was the
bjggest dollar day we ever had In
point of sales. On Account of the rise
la cotton . goods, and having bought
10 advance, we were enabled to offer
better bargains than ever before and
fte are glad to note that the buying
public was pleased.''
' Messrs. Ab Joseph and T." M. Jos
eph were also, well pleased with the
day and the custom they received.
The former said that people in his
store bought liberally and were well
pleased with the day.
DESCRIBES WHIPPING
OF WOMAN RISONER
"1 Attached to the statement issued
by the board and prison officials was
this affidavit, signed by Mrs. I. H.
Rogers, Matron in Charge, describ
ing the whipping of a negro woman
by Warden S. J.-Busbee.
This is to certify that Ada Adams,
4(, fifteen year old negro girl, was
placed under my charge at the
State's. Prison on or about the 15th
day of December, 1919, having been
evicted- of larceny and sentenced
ItfTliB State vPriSOTt f or- 1 ; term - of
two years.' ' ' J . ! h
That upon her commitment to the
State Prison the rules and regula
tions of the institution were fully
explained to her, and she was placed
at work with the other women prison
ers..'',;;:. ... :,J. :"V.
That oon after Ada Adams' was
placed - under my charge she
became disobedient. I warned her and
she was continually disobedient, and
hmsulting, not only to me, but" to the
women prisoners. She. used vile, inde
cent language which I would not
think of attempting to repeat. She
was continually bringing about unrest
and turmoil. She fought, destroyed
property, was insulting and refused
to work. . . :.:
After finding that I could not con
trol the woman, I called upon Cap
tain Busbee, the warden, Captain Bus
bee had her placed-in a 'dark cell in
the Woman's Building. When released
she continued her meanness. Several
times more she was placed in the dark
cell, but it seemed to have no effect. I
had called Captain Busbee in several
times, and he had warned her that un
less she behaved it would become ne
cessary to'whip her.
She continued her insulting, disobe
dient, destructive conduct, and on May
10, 1921) Captain Busbee had the girl
dressed in a man's heavy.winjer union
suit in the presence of the prison
physician, gave the woman twelve
straps. He did not strike hereupon the
naked flesh. Neither did he strike her
upon the back.
The punishment was given as a
last resort, and was neither " 6ruel
nor inhuman. The woman suffered
no ill effects from the minishment.
' The public must remember tha,t I
have i women under my control who
have been convicted of various
crimes. Some for murder of people in
cold blood,- some for infanticide, ofi&
for actually placing a child in a cave
and letting it slowly starve to death;
and also for other -tSTimes. . .
I have under my control over forty
women prisoners. '
As a general rule these, women are
obedient and respectful, but now and
then one becomes so vile, vulgar, in
sulting and obnoxious and disobedient
that it is -necessary for punishment.
No men are in charge of women
prisoners, other than . the warden
and superintendent. x .
.(Signed)
MRS. I. H. ROGERS,"
Matron in' Charfce.
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this the 17th day of April, 1923.
Josephine Blant, N. P.
Bilbo Announces For Governor From
. Mississippi Jail : .
Oxford, Miss., April 18. Theodore
Q. Bilbo Wednesday announced from
the county jail his candidacy for gov
ernor of Mississippi.
Bilbo, former governor of the state
is serving a thirty-day term for con
tempt of court. " '
"I formally announced' for gover
nor last October and never have
withdrawn from the race," .Bilbo
said. "It was only through fairness to
my friends that I have not waged a
campaign because I did not, know
what would be . the outcome of my
trial. I Will not use my prison term
i i l
in my speecnes in my guueiunwini
campa!gn." ,
LIKES THE WRITINGS t
OF MR. HUG GINS
Stouts, April 19. The Stouts
tractor is doing good work these days.
It belongs to Mr. "J. W. Watkina. It is
an invaluable aid to the farmers of
this community as well as a very
great help to the unlucky motorists
wno oiten get stucK in the flat which
is found out in the suburbs of the
town. I mean they sret stuck in the
num wnicn tne nat is composed oi.
1 guess 1 shall have to come back
good and strong since I've beer away
M loni.g,T I huJwe my ?xc"sf, al-'
though I detest them, yes I shall re-
late why it is that everyone has been
relieved of my terrible articles for the
past three weeks. Our rival town, In-
dian Trail, has been graced with my,
most distinguished : presence. Our
commencement and exams-have well
iiign iaia ua oui. i sianea to wnie ana, and probable cause was found
the pews several times, but qwing to against each in bot'i charges. Tria's
the fact that I was with my honorable 0f the cases .in tus Suyerior court
contemporary of the Journal, who will be held during the term Lecin
hearly distracted me at times, I was ning May 14. "
prevented. She is jealous of my box-, Malloy Fridny pleaded guilty to
car headlines. -murder of Peaching, admitting that
Personally I want to thank the Ki- it was he who fired the fatal shot,
warns Club for their urbanity which The other two pleaded not guilty to
they showed us when we visited them the murder charge. He had prevl
recently. I am late about doing this, ; ouslyy confessed to the crime, ac-'
but I felt duty bound to 8ay some-'cording to testimony of local officers;
thing. I guess that my more or less but he contended that he was forced to
gentle ana rexinea readers win De
lieve that every last one' of the five
who were entertained are cub-reporters.
In fact only three of us are re
porters. It is very painful to be com
pelled ti initiate these illustrous two,
but it is unavoidable this time. Since
both of them have expressed their
appreciation, I must follow in their
footsteps and try to express mine. I
cannot say that which I should like
to for fear of antology or redundance.
They' have expressed themselves on
the affability of ,these Kiwanians; so
I will not stress that point The sup-
oer was a very interesting feature.
It was the prime factor. And we knewg0mg to deliver to him a short time
what every dish was too, even if one j later. The negro did not Bhow up
oi our estimame writers was anxious
to ascertain what a certain dish con
tained. We enjoyed it. After the en
tertainment, we all took something-
the members their hats; and we ourrvere walking along in that neiEh-
departure.
I noticed that the Indian " Trail
correspondent made a keen statement
in the Journal of last Wednesday in
which she said that all the camp fire
girk were looking forward to their
initiation. She should have, excepted
me. I have been rather shy about ini
tiations since the gruesome one which
I had to suffer recently before the ap-
?e w f i
the Hotel-
nreciative ; audience in
Joffre;
I like Mr. Huggins wntg.
The. progressive women are prepar-
ing for a children's day. program
which will be givfn soon. I. am sure
that it will be1 a success because when
the energetic mothers .get together (
things are compelled to move; or they
will know the reason why and then
they will remove the cause. 1 ,
I imagine that everyboy who is in
Monroe today will think that there
is no one eise m bucii a uuu, u
t fcnva noticed a larsre amount of
wasted sentiment manifested lately.
As we left the old school building
this year , at the cl6se of school, we
could scarcely refrain from weeping.
We were leaving it forever. It is like
giving up old friends, for the new.
We felt as. if the old building were
sad as we were. Oh, it was heart
rending, the sentimental imaginative
person can personify inanimate ob
jects until they appear animate,
Which reminds me o fthe person who
weeps when she discontinues the use
of some old furniture; when she con
trasts it with the new. The old looks
so pathetic, How do I know? Well,
"they that judge are guilty." (perhaps
not quoted correctly, but it suits my
purpose.) And now I wonder if I am
4 sentimental and an imaginative per
son as I konw everyone else is won-
Perhaps some of my readers aiotte officers arrived in Durham. Bul-
wondering at tne ibck oi news w
article. Well just as soon as 3ome one
does something -worthwhile I'll give
him a write-up; so to use that dread
ful slang expression go to lK
I must take a parting shot at the
Indian Trail correspondent before I
go. She seems to be very apprenen
sive of rivalship. She is also 'full of
competition, as well as emulous. She
is also contentious. She need not
lay such stress on those statements
which I made up there on that Fri
day evening." She is merely envious
of the brilliant statement or spaed
which I made in the literary society.
She is also chagrined because some
one lost out in the shot-put in the
county commencement.
Plyler Mill News
Mineral Springs Route" 1-Mr. and
Mrs. Gary Eubanks and Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Rape went to Charlotte on
business last Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Montgomery
spent the latter part of last week
with his children, Mr. and Mrs. Hor
ace Montgomery of Raleigh, N. C. '.
Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Doster and fam
ily visited Mr. and Mrs. W. B, Starnes
or Sandy Ridge community. :
Mr. and Mrs. Emsley Montgomery
of the Sandy Ridge section, spent last
Sunday night with Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Ellis. ; .
Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Eubanks, Mrs.
R. B. Rape and Mr. Gary Eubanks
visited Mrs. Eubanks' father,-who is
very ill at Lancaster. S. C.
Mr. J. J. Montgomery caught a
srhr.'.l hawk in a steel trap. He was
j feet and 9 inches from tip to tio of
his wings. . -
Ta the fellow who shows 'up late
und sneaks out'early, we are' indebted
for the "punch clock" system.
NEGROES ADM
KILLING PEACH
Three Are Bound Over to Court
on Charge of First De
gree Murder
A preliminary hearing Thursday
morning in the Recorder court in
Charlotte resulted in the binding over
f Malloy Friday. Billiard Hall and .
Garah Davis, nesroes indicted in
connection with rroob;ry and murder
of W. B. -Peach .Sunday night, savs
the Charlotte Observer
Two indictments ctiarr$ murder
and robbery and highway robbery
were sworn out against each defend-
shoot by Davis, who threatened to
kill him if he did not.
Friday is well aware of his fate
and says that he knows that he will
go to the electric chair. He was
calm and unruffled at the hearing.
The principal witness for the State
was Robert Gordon, brother-in-law of
Peach, who told the story of the
hold-up and fatal shooting.
According to his testimony, he and
Peach were walking along the street
in the neighborhood of a negro res
taurant on Mint street. Peach that
afternoon had given a negro $3 for
a pint of liquor that the negro was
durlng'the rest of the afternoon and
Peach was looking out for him.
Thinking that he might be in the
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borhood in an effort to locate him.
It was at this time, said the wit
ness, that a negro,' now identified' as
Garah Davis, came up to them and
spoke. .
Davis spoke to them, Gordon' said
and after a. conversation Davis led
them "near the railroad . The white
men saw two negroes on the railroad
Dank a 8hort distance away and in a
moment th two nn-nroarhed. -Davis.
said the witness, beckoned to them.
and they came over and .ordered the
two to throw up their hands. One.
of tnem sgi Gordon out and just
at that time the latter heard a shot
nearby. Looking that way he saw
the smaller negro, Friday, bending
over the prostrate man, apparently
roDbing him.
Two white men approached along
the rauroad and the negroes fled.
The three negroes were arraigned
on another cnarge or mgnway rob
bery that grew out of the holding up
Sunday night of R. E. Bullard of At
lanta, employee of the Noll Construe- ,
tion company, who was robbed of a
watch and a small sum of money.
The three negroes were positively
identified by Bullard as the ones who
held him up and took his valuables.
He testified that two guns were
stuck agjilnst his chest and side and
he was struck over the head: with
some instrument which he was not
able to describe, since he was stunned
by the blow.
Friday and Hall were bsought back
to Charlotte Wednesday from Dury
ham by Detectives D. B. Bradley and
W. W. McGraw, who went to that city '
Monday afternoon for them. Hall had
been, arrested by the Durham author
ities, but another man had been nab- v
bed by them instead of Friday. Friday '
was arrested, however, after the Char-
lard's watch, with name Inscribed on
the inside, was found in the posses
sion of one of the negroes. -
The negroes fled . to Durham ' fol
lowing the shooting of Peach, ' and
went to the home of a brother of Fri
day, where Hall wba arrested. Friday
was found, In the outskirts of a Dur-
nam negro suDurn. :
At a coroner's inquest at 12
o'clock Thursday ? before Coroner
Frank Hovls, the three negroes were
bound over without ball for trial upon
the cHarge of killing Peach.
' In Memory of J. Vann Price ,
Our darling brother, little J. Vann,
was called -away April 11, 1923, to
that beautiful v borne where sorrow
never comes.'. It. was hard, so hard,
to gjye him up but God saw fit for
him o go. .: And we ' can reioice to
say that he- is at sweet rest. And
may .we meejt him some sweet day in
that bright, and happy home where
sorrow and partings shall never come.
He was seriously sick only a few days,
and toward the last he would say, I
am going home, and point and reach
his little hands toward heaven. And
we knew then that the time had come.
J. Vann was a bright little boy and
was loved by all who knew him. He
was only three and a half years old,
but somehow God saw fit to take him
away. . , - . ... .'
.We loved him, yes we loved him,
But Jesus loved him more,- ,
And h,as sweetly called him
To-yonder shining shore.
The golden gaes we open;
A gentle voice said come, . . . .
And he gladly entered
That sweet and happy home.
, "Sisters, Viola and Glady Price.
What profit are you getting out cf
your spare moments?
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