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WEATHER
Increasing cloudiness, slightly
«rmer. followed by rain tonight
gr FrMy.
GOOD AFTERNOON
Turkey to Stress Democracy
at Fair," reads a beadliae. Gosh,
hasn't democracy had s t r e s •
enough lately?
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Hungarians Stir
ZECHS TOLD
1NAL OFFER
[NACCEPTABLE
ttimatum May Be Next
Step in Territorial
Parley
UTHENIA ALREADY
UNDER MARTIAL LAW
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY,
*t. 13. (UP)—The delega
on at Komarom negotiat
ig Hungary's territorial dis
atc with Czechoalovakia in
armed the government to
iy that the Czechs' "final"
fer this morning was "ab
,lately unacceptable," and
lat it had given Czechoslo
ikia until 6 p. m. today to
Dme to terms.
The government announc
d that while the 6 p. m.
eadline was no ultimatum,
a ultimatum probably would be
isued tonight unlet* the Czech*
lade * new and more utiific
»ry offer.
The delegations were in session
n the frontier from 9 a. m. to
0.45 a. m. The Czechs, display
itg an unexpected firmnew, en
eari|ed. tb« Hungarians believed
y Germany and Rumania, had
Hosated ywtsi day that their
Str this morning would be their
1st
It was understood the Czechi
ad offered to surrender to Hun
iry an area inhabited by 7 00,00C
lungariana, but that it refused t<
sd» the cities of Bratislava anc
osice and other towns in Ruth
lia which Hungary demanded
ong with vital railroad lines.
KOMAROM (Caech-Hungariai
rontier), Oct. 13. (UP) Officia
spatches today disclosed a reigi
! terror in Ruthenia by organ
td bands, equipped with foreigi
m* and led by Hungarian re
rre officers.
The news caused a grave crisii
the Czech negotiations for set
iment of Hungary's minority do
knds.
Hungary hu demanded the cer
>n of Ruthenia to her.
Sporadic fighting wai reported
ntinuing in th« are*, with two
techa killed and many Hungari
i* arretted.
Martial law wai invoked by the
rague government.
Terrorism also wai reported to
ly from Bratislava, where a num.
tr of Hungarians were arrc&ted.
UTHENIAN JEWISH
OPULATION URGE
By REYNOLDS PACKARD
nited Press Staff Correspondent
PRAGUE. Oct 13. (UP)—Ihe
tw autonomous government of
utheni* province announced to
that t had proclaimed martial
* in the Mukacevo region to
ippress a wave of "murder arid
^truction" by roving bands of
IContinued on page lour)
Iff MOTOR CO.
111YS WING
Already Occupied as Home
of Plymouth and Chrys
ler Agency
The City Motor company has
-r chased from the Central In
*"tment corporation of Raleigh
te brick, building on King street
pposke the Presbyterian church
Bd is usip.^ it as home of the
lymouth and Chrysler agency.
J-£• Smith stated that the deal
consummated through the
'■ K Sutherland company and
'41?d i the building with di
•ensioris of 60 by 150 feet neat
"•corner of King and Seventh.
>Ir said his firm had al
^ !'a nted and occupied the
dUitiu' before the title was clear
UP- Tht- agency has for the
'cw months made its head
wjfters with the Shell service
» l'0r» on the corner of Main and
^er-th and will continue to oc
W the used car lot on Main
ton*' a('j°'n»ng the service sta
JJ*". ( -y Motor k Sales com
1},]' ;:d< just received its first
vsle,-. it delivered seven
t5v.' / t ruths before the fac
held up the production
Uncle Sam Looks
Askance at Him
Arriving in the United States
for a nation-wide lecture tour,
John Strachey, above, noted
British author, former member
of Parliament and lecturer on
Communism, faced a rigid in
quiry by Federal immigration
officials at Ellis Island, upon his
arrival in New York aboard the
liner Norman die. The investiga
tion is based upon deportation
j proceedings against him in 1935
which were • dropped when he
voluntarily departed upon com
pletion of his scheduled stay.
WANTS LEWIS'
| ACTSPROBED
Trade Paper Editor Would
Have Questioning on
Mexican Activities
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13. (UP).
Howard \V. Barclay, editor of
i Mill anil Factory, last night asked
I the house committee investigating
i un-American activities to summon
. Chairman John L. Lewis of the
i Committee of Industrial Organi
. zation to explain statements he al
legedly made at the recent inter
i' national labor congress at Mexico
.1 Citv.
The New York editor wrote Com
mitteeman Martin Dies, D., Tex.,
I that Lewis told the congress that
I "reactionary employers and their
satellites would welcome .the
triumph of Fascism in America."
He urged the committee to invite
Lewis to appear "to substantiate
or disprove" the statement.
Barclay enclosed a copy of an
i article entitled "Red Labor March
es Into Mexico," appearing in the
' October issue of his publication,
containing the statements attri
buted to Lewis. Simultaneously,
he wrote Lewis 01 nis action 10
"place you on notice and to af
ford you the opportunity to pre
pare such justification as you may
wish to present to the American
public."
"Since you have made this
charge upon your own responsi
bility, I have taken the liberty of
furnishing the honorable Martin
Dies a copy of your astounding
statement with the suggestion that
this matter be made a subject of
j inquiry by the committee investi
I gating un-American activities,"
[ Barclay wrote.
Barclay, who last spring defied
a national labor relations board
subpena during the Weirton Steel
company case on the ground that
it invaded freedom of the press,
! also wrote a letter to Edwin S.
(Continued on page four.)
j Roosevelt Soon To Get Seven-Point
Plan To Expand Old Age Pensions
By MACK JOHNSON
Copyright 1938 by United Press
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13. (UP).
The social security board will
shortly hand President Roosevelt
a seven-point program for expan
sion and liberalization of the old
age pension system to embrace
16.000,000 additional persons, it
was learned today.
The recommendations were re
quested by Mr. Roosevelt and the
advisory council on social secur
ity, which meets here October 21,
and are expected to be submitted
to congress when it convenes on
January 3.
They are designed to head off
so-called "crackpot" pension
j schemes, which Mr. Roosevelt has
condemned as "short cuts 'to
| Utopia," and at the same time
mollify congressional sharp-shoot
ers who have assailed the social
security program as a whole..
The recommendations follow:
1. Benefit payments for aged
aged wives, widows and young
MONTGOMERY
CASE BEFORE
COURT TODAY
Testimony Is Being Heard
in Two-Year-OId Tri
ple Drowning
MANSLAUGHTER TO BE
REQUESTED VERDICT
Evidence tending to show that
Walter S. Montgomery, Spartan
burg textile executive, drove a
large motor boat close to a small
er boat and that the waves of the
large boat caused the smaller to
capsize and drown three people
was introduced in superior court
this morning as the court entered
the second day of hearing of man
slaughter charges against Mont
gomery.
Charges are a result of the
drowning at Lake Summit on Sep
tember 6, 1936, of Fate Black,
Sr., Fate Black, Jr., and Walter
i Martin, all of the Anderson coun
ty, S. C., community.
The case was opened in court
yesterday afternoon and only one
witness testified before the after
noon adjournment.
W. L. Casey, of Anderson, was
the first witness to testify this
morning. He said he had a con
versation with Montgomery on
Sunday, one week after the three
drowned. Jfcle quoted Montgomery
as saying that as he approached
. the smaller boat he saw it was
overloaded, that he passed the
smaller boat, travelled on down
the lake and was returning when
he saw the boat had capsized and
that there were six heads above
the water. He further quoted
Montgomery as saying that he cut
his motor and drifted past, and
that he was unable personally to
go to the aid of the people in the
water without endangering those
on his boat as none of them could
swim.
(Other testimony introduced
yesterday and today showed that
Montgomery took -the survivors
into his boat and carried them to
the Lake Summit tea room.)
L. O. Jamison testified that he
was with Casey when the above
conversation took place and his
testimony was substantially the
same as that of Casey. Jamison
testified that he was present when
Martin's body was recovered and
said it was found about 25 or 30
yards from the shore.
The third witness was Miss Win
ifred Rogers, one of the four sur
vivors of the boat accident.
She testified that the party left
the tea r«ora and proceeded about
a mile and a half at a distance of
about 100 feet from the shore.
She described the position of the
seven people in the boat and said
her back was in the direction of
Montgomery's approach.
She said her attention was at
tracted by the noise of the large
boat, that she turned and saw the
Montgomery boat about 25 or 30
feet away travelling at a rate
of about 25 or 30 miles an hour.
She said that a wave about two
or three feet high hit the boat
and that a second wave washed
the passengers overboard. Mont
gomery, she said, did not change
his speed or course.
She related that the Montgom
ery boat returned in about ten
minutes and took the survivors
from the water.
On cross examination she said
(Continued on page four).
I children of insured persons dying
before reaching the specified re
tirement age of 65 years.
2. Beginning of old-age benefit
payments in 1940 instead of Jan
uary 1, 1942, under the present
act.
3. Extending old-age pensions
provisions to farm laborers, do
mestic servants, self - employed
Eersons, federal reserve system
ank employes, American seamen
! and employes of charitable lnsti
1 tutions, totaling more than 16,
000,000 persons.
4. Broadening the minimum old
age pension base of $10 monthly
to provide larger benefits for
those retiring during the earlier
years of the system. The present
benefit scale ranges from $10 to
; $85 monthly depending on the
amount paid in by employe and
employer. The proposed new scale
would range from $30 to $60.
5. Raising the present federal
grant of one-thira to states for
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BRITAIN MAY STRENGTHEN
CHINA FLEETiAS JAPS TEST
POWERS WITH NEW INVASION
STATE DEFERS
V. HILL TRIAL
Continuance Granted on
Request of Solicitor
Ridings
In superior court this morning
the case of Vance Hill, former fi-1
nancial secretary of the Woodmen
of the World, charged with em«
bezzlement, was continued to the
March term.
The continuance was granted
to the state on request of Solici
tor C. 0. Ridings.
HILL IS INDICTED ON
EMBEZZLEMENT COUNT
In superior court yesterday aft
ernoon, Vance P. Hill, former fi
nancial secretary of the Woodmen
of the World, was indicted by the
grand jury on a change of em
bezzlement.
Hill had previously been charg
ed with embezzling approximate
ly $1000 of W.O.W. funds on or
about April 15, 1938, in a warrant
sworn out by Solicitor C. O. Rj*
mfts of Forest City.
The warrant was taken on May
27 and Hill waived a preliminary
hearing before Magistrate J. F.
Brooks and was bound to the su
perior court.
u c. hipps
PASSES AWAY
Operation and Illness Pre
cede Death; Funeral
Here Friday
I William Charles Hipps, age 54,
died at Mountain sanitarium at
111:15 p. m. Wednesday.
He leaves his mother, Mrs. Tex
anna Hipps; widow, Mrs. Carrie
Jackson Hipps, and the following
; children by a first wife: D. B.
Hipps of Charlotte, Mrs. W. E.
Lewis of High Point, Mrs. M. J.
Hale of Tryon, Mrs. F. J. Han
cock of High Point, H. B. Hipps
of High Point, and O. D. Hipps of
Tryon. Six small children, Olivia,
R. C., Alva, Ray, Roy and James
al lof Hendersonville, also sur
vive. One sister, Mrs. Ella Rags
dale, lives here.
The funeral will be at the home
at 410 Second avenue east at 3
p. m. Friday, with burial in Oak
dale cemetery.
Mr. Hipps was a truck operator
until he was taken ill several
months ago. He underwent an
operation about two weeks ago.
Rail Fireman Is
Badly Injured
The condition of Luke Wilson,
negro railway fireman of Ashe
ville, injured near East Flat Rock
yesterday morning, was reported
as still serious at Patton Memorial
hospital today.
Wilson, it was reported, was hit
by a signal post as he leaned from
the cab of a freight train yester
day. He suffered a severe scalp
laceration and injured right shoul
der.
E. W. WOODS PASSES
FOLLOWING ILLNESS
News of the death of E. W.
Woods, formerly of this place, at
Kingsport, Tenn., in the Holston
Valley hospital, on last Thursday,
October 6, was received yesterday
with the return of Mrs. Woods
from the scene of her husband's
illness.
Mr. Woods became well known
here during the period he was in
charge as foreman of the wreck
ing of the old Fleetwood hotel
structure. He was 49 years old
and death followed an operation
subsequent to an illness.
Mrs. Woods and her daughter,
Sylvene, have gone to make their
home with Mrs. Woods' father,
Henry Woodson, of near Pelzer,
IS. C.
Tokyo's Defiance to Lon
don Logical Result of
Munich Settlement
By CLIFFORD L. DAY
(Copyright, 1938, United Prett)
LONDON, Oct. 13. (UP)—Ja
pan's invasion of South China
'switched the attention of diplo
mats from Europe to the orient
[today and brought predictions
here that Britain would increase
the strength of her China fleet,
at present based on Hong Kong.
Japan's sudden move was in de
fiance of warnings by Britain and
France that their vast interests in
that part of the world might be
imperiled. The Daily Express po
litical expert predicted today that
the cabinet may decide to send
more British warships to Hong
Kong as a result.
Diplomats saw Japan's decision
to "test" Britain and France in
the far east as a natural outcome
of the Munich agreement with
^Adolf Hitler, wtyich greatly weak
ened world prestige of the two
powers and aWUje same time gave
them additional responsibilities in
Europe to \r>rry about.
Japaneserplanes yesterday cut
■the vital iMilway between Canton
and Hong* Kong, over which the
British crown colony does most of
its $500,000,000-a-year business
\pith the interior of China. Japan
jsrcj fcyid forces pushed toward
Wa'iohow, key city of Canton's
outer defenses, and a great battle
1 apparently was developing .in ter
ritory which for decades Britain
has treated as her private pre
serve.
The British ambassador to To
kyo, Sir Alexander Craigie, warn
ed Japan that British interests
and nationals might be imperiled,
but Japan's polite reply was a
"suggestion" that third powers co
operate with Japan by keeping
their nationals out of war zones
and by notifying Japanese author
ities 10 days in advance of any
movements by warships or milita
ry units.
France was expected to add her
protest to that of Britain, but it
was certain that Japan would not
be deterred from her South China
operation.
Thus worried European states
men found a first class new prob
lem in their laps before they were
finished with the central Europe
headache popularly referred to as
the Czech crisis.
The British government learn
ed today by study of maps sent
to London by the international
commission to determine the new
German-Czechoslovak borders that
Hitler received a "virtually 100 (
per cent victory" under his fa-!
mous Godesberg ultimatum.
Another repercussion of the
Czech crisis came from provincial
Norsham, where last night Earl
Winterton, a member of the Brit
ish cabinet, significantly re-af
firmed an assertion he made at
Shoreham Monday night that
"Russia made only very vague
promises (to Czechoslovakia) ow
ing to her military weakness." His :
action assumed importance be
cause on Tuesday the Soviet am- '
bassador protested formally at
the foreign office against Winter
ton's "mis-statement." Observers
saw in Winterton's act a further
drawing apart between Britain
and Russia in European affairs.
Two Grid Teams
Play Away From
Home This Week
Cats Face Hard Games But
Ridgians Favored to
Best Erskine Second
Hendersonville faces its second
football-less week-end in succes
sion this week as both local teams
are on the road again.
The Hendersonville Bearcats
will meet Marion at Marion in a
tough battle this afternoon and
the Blue Ridge HilHoppers will1
meet Erskine freshmen at Due |
West, S. C., tomorrow.
The Hendersonville - Marion
game was moved up to Thursday
on account of a meeting of school
officials in Asheville on Friday.
The Cats, with three wins by a
touchdown margin, will be the un
derdogs against Marion, but the
Hilltoppers, who tied the strong
Charlotte high team last week, are
favored to take the Erskine yearl
ings.
Chamberlain Will
Push Armament,
Stressing Planes
- & -- •
LONDON, Oct. 13. (UP)—
Well-informed political quar
ter! reported today that Prime
Miniater Neville Chamberlain
will curtail his vacation and re
turn to London to initiate a big
scale armament drive with em
phasis on fighting airplanes.
It was said that growing pub
lic uneasiness at the weakness
of British defenses, emphasised
during the recent Czechoslovak
crisis, caused Chamberlain to
decide tentatively to return to
London and call an extraordi
nary cabinet meeting to consid
er the arm%ment situation. Af
ter receiving reports from the
defense ministers, it was added,
Chamberlain will take charge of
a campaign to close all gaps in
preparedness plans.
MISERY
OPENING SET
Prepared to Care for and
Train 30 Children
One Year
The board of sponsors for the
local WPA Nursery school has se
cured a large room in the Brooks
bwilding an Third avenue west, it
was announced today, and have
set the opening for this project
for Tuesday, November 1.
Miss Juanita Williams of Ashe
ville will be the head teacher. She
holds a master's degree in nursery
school education from Columbia
university. Two other teachers
will assist her. One of these has
had training in nursing the sick.
Practically all of the local or
ganizations, including the Kiwan
is, Woman's club, Rotary, Junior
Welfare, Masons, American Le
gion auxiliary, Fassifern school,
City Missionary union and many
church groups, it was said today,
have expressed a desire to help
with the monthly expense.
Other groups and interested
friends are being asked by the
sponsors of the school to commun
icate with Mrs. Mary C. Brinson,
chairman, by phone 249-j, or Mrs.
John Forrest, the secretary-treas
urer, by phone 1096-W.
The board said today that at
present there is a need for nur- j
sery equipment and that any one
wishing to donate used toys or i
nursery tables or chairs is asked
to leave them at the NYA rooms.
Provision being made for
about 30 children of the ages of
two, three or four years from the
homes of the underprivileged for !
six or seven hours a day, five days I
a week, continuously throughout
the year. In this time they will be
cared for and trained under prop-,
er supervision.
WILL ATTEND COLLEGE
OF SURGEONS SESSION
Dr. John F. Brownsberger, med
ical director of the Mountain ani
tarium and hospital, Fletcher, will
leave Friday, with his wife and
daughter, to attend the annual
session of the American College
of Surgeons, to be held in New
York City, October 17-21.
Doctor Brownsberger will re
ceive his fellowship in the college
at the convocation held in the ball
room of the Waldorf Astoria ho
tel on Monday evening, Oct. 17.
Arab Nationalist Leader Is Slain By
Assassin; Holy Land Fighting Grows
JERUSALEM, Oct. 13. (UP).
Sporadic fighting and disorders
spread through the Holy land to
day after the assassination of
Hassan Sidky DaJany, prominent
Arab nationalist leader.
The Arab was shot dead in the
old City of Jerusalem.
Four Jews were injured when
their truck was bombed.
Snipers fired on Gaza airport*
and guards returned the fire, kill
ing one. A British lieutenant was
wounded in an attack near Haifa.
The assassination of Dajany in
creased British fears of more seri
ous disturbances.
ARABS SETUP OWN
BETHLEHEM COURTS
JERUSALEM, Oct. 13. (UP)—
The terrorism of Palestine's Arab
rebellion last night took the lives
of several Arab government offi
cials and Moslem civilians, sup
posedly slain by young Arab
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Many Refugees are Fleeing Canton and
New Invasion Terrors Today;
Include 12 Americans
HONGKONG, Oct. 13.—(UP)-—It was feared today
that the American gunboat Mindanao and throe British
gunboats may be trapped in Pearl river at Canton during
the Japanese South China drive.
British naval authorities received information that the
Chinese intended to throw an obstructive boom across the
river to keep out Japanese warships.
The four foreign vessels are above the place where
the boom would be constructed.
Four boat loads of refugees arrived from Canton to
day, including 30 foreign women and children and 12
Americans.
Sixty Japanese war planes bombed the railroads and
highways between Hongkong and Canton while the Can*
EXPLOSION IS
FATAL FOR 3
Boiler on 100*Car Freight
Train Hurled 600
Feet in Bits
ELGIN, III., Oct 13. (UP)—
Three crew members of a Chica
go, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pa
cific freight train of 100 empty
cars were killed when an engine
boifer exploded today. The engi
neer, fireman and brakeman were
killed as the explosion hurled bits
of the engine 600 feet and splin
tered cars behind the tender. Two
trainmen were injured.
Rotarians Have
Mid-Week Session
In Smoky Park
The weekly luncheon of the Ro
tary club was held in the heart of
Great Smoky Mountain park yes
terday at 1 o'clock. Rotary Anns
were in attendance. A bountiful
picnic luncheon was enjoyed after
the singing of America and the
doxology. The program was in
charge of Harry Buchanan who
presented Arthur P. Stupke, one
of the park officials.
After reminding the club that
it was holding its luncheon in a
park of 464 thousand acres, Mr.
Stupke made a most interesting
talk on the Plant and Animal life
of the Park. Following the lunch
eon, members of the party drove
to Clingman's Dome where they
spent the remainder of the after
noon sightseeing and kodaking.
The committee that planned this
interesting and unique club lunch
eon was composed of Hugh Whis
nant, Mayor Edwards and Steve
Porter.
EPWORTH LEAGUE CO.
CHAPTER WILL MEET
The October meeting of the
Henderson county Epworth league
chapter will be held Friday night
of this week at 7:30 o'clock at
the First Methodist church. The
visiting speaker will be Mr. J. F.
Watts, returned Presbyterian
missionary to Africa.
zealots enraged by their refusal
to support the revolt.
The rebels were in control of
ancient Bethlehem, crumbling city
of Christ's birth, after forcing
British authorities to abandon the
police post, post office and law
courts there.
The slaying of old Arab leaders,
who had lost their influence over
the young nationalists, occurred
in Haifa, Saoaria and Jaffa where
sabotage of government property
also was reported.
The government, attempting to
protect the lives of conservative
Arabs, instituted a system of
identity cards in Haifa, Samaria
and Jaffa in an effort to counter
act rebel tactics of forcing all
Arabs to wear Bedouin headgear.
The use of the Bedouin Bur
nooses had baffled British mili
tary forces attempting to identify
peaceful Arabs from the rebels.
The heaviest fighting yesterday
was around Bethlehem.
(Continued on page lour) I
> t»n«u army oom lowara ins
eout to chalUnf • invaders.
Jtpaam nary aourcM uld the
Japanci* already had «*v*r*d tk*
Canton-Hongkong railroad, supply
lifeline for all soathorn China.
The railroad was first cut by the
destruction of three bridges.
The Japanese were pressing
their surprise invasion of South
China, designed to crush Chinese
Nationalist Generalissimo Chiang
Kai-shek and force an early end
of the 15-months-old Chinese-Jap
anese war, with everything they
had—airplanes, warships, mechan
ized land forces and infantrymen.
A great battle was developing
south of Waichow, which is about
80 miles east and slightly south of
Canton and slightly north of .the
small port of Haichung on Bias
bay where the Japanese landed
from 40,000 to 50,000 soldiers
early yesterday.
Chinese reports said there was
fierce fighting at Haichung.
Sixty Japanese warp lanes were
engaged in bombing railways and
highways and observing Chinese
troops moving to the front from
Canton.
The American Lingnan univers
ity at Canton suspended classes
and advised the women to leave.
A motor road leads from Wai
chow to Canton and once the out
er city is taken the situation of
the metropolis, on which Britain's
Hong Kong colony depends for
most of its trade, will be precari
ous.
The Chinese Kwantung provin
cial government was mobilizing
I "1,000,000 men" to resist the in
vasion but British military intelli
gence reports said most of the
Chinese were poorly armed and
lacked airplanes, tanks, and mod
; era artillery.
j One report was that the Japa
1 nese were landing additional sol
j diers today from their big mili
tary base on Formosa Island to
the east of their Bias bay foot
| hold.
The depot and repair ship Med
way, a vessel of 15,000 tons,
reached Hong Kong yesterday
from Singapore with the East Sur
rey regiment to reinforce the Brit
ish garrison Here.
Meantime there was no indica
tion here that the Japanese would
1 heed a warning delivered the To
kyo government by British Am
bassador Sir Alexander L. Craigie
who warned Japanese Premier and
Foreign Minister Prince Fumima
ro Konoye that Anglo-Japane.ie
relations might be imperiled by
the Japanese invasion of South
China.
Craigie reminded Konoye of
Britain's vast economic and poli'i
cal interests in South China ai d
pointed to the danger of "inci
dents" if the Japanese attack in
force in areas where Britain has
so many nations and so much
property.
France was expected to make
similar representations because of
her interests in southeast China
and the thrept to her great Indo
Chinese colony.
SENTENCE 3
| FOR ENTERING
2 Plead Guilty in Druid
Hills Case ; Third Is
Convicted
In superior .court yesterday,
Judge J. Will Pless, Jr., pronounc
ed sentence on three people on
charges of entering the Druid
Hills Grocenr on March 1, 1987.
Jessie Mae Ballenger, who
pleaded guilty, was sentenced to
serve from 12 to 18 months, Elzie
Stokes, who pleaded guilty, was
sentenced to serve from 3 to 5
years, and Virgil Phillips, who
was convicted by the jury, w is
sentenced to serve from 18 to «6
months.
All of the defendants were
rom Greenville, S. C.