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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-22
COMMISSION IN ARMY
FOR VISCOUNT Give

with the earl. Is likewise a peeress In
her own right, as the holder OF the
ancient barony of Darcy dc Knayth.
This peerage created on January 81.
1891, has. thanks to Its descent
through the female line. been held In
turn BY the Lords Conyers, by tho
EArls OF Holdernesse, by the Dukes OF
Leeds, and by the Lane Foxes On
the death OF Sackville Lane Fox,
twelfth Lord Conyers and fifteenth
Lord Darcy of Knayth. his peerage
again fell into allegiance, which was
terminated by tho crown In the fol-
lowing fashion:
The baronies OF Conyers and OF
Fauconberg were assigned to his elder
daughter. wife of the fourth Earl of
Marlborough. while his barony or
Darcy de Knayth was allotted to his
Younger daughter, Violet. Countess of
Fowls
Several English works of reference
state that on Lady Powis's death her
barony will go to her only daughter,
instead of TO her eldest son. This Is
not the case. 1t Is her eldest son,
Lord Give, future Earl OF Fowls who
Will on his mothers death at once
succeed to her peerage. as Lord Darcy
de Knayth. and to the seat in the
House OF Lords which 1t carries with
1t. even though his father BIO still
alive.
Fowls Castle is no longer haunted
Its ghost has been laid. 1t took the
form of nm aged man, in the costume
OF the seventeenth century. who used
to appear Mt the bedside of the in
mates of tho castle. and to beckon
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-22
SOCIAL and
PERSONAL

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles de Guerre
have returned from their honeymoon
spent In Europe and are now occupying
apartments at the Chesterfield. While
abroad. Mr.. and Mrs. de Guerre were
guests OF the formers relatives in IIol-
land for several weeks. and later spent
some time In England, before return
Ing to this country Their wedding
took place In Canada early In June.
Leaving Town.
Dir. and Mrs. Willis Heard. OF Au-
gusta, Ga, who have been guests Of
Buck HILL" left town yesterday to
spend week In New York City. Mr..
and Mrs. Heard will return to Rich
mond for several weeks stay. before
leaving for the South.
Mrs. l.. r. White and her small son,
with Henry and Walter McCorkle, left
Wednesday for their home in Union
town, Ala Miss Aline Graves accom-
panied her sister. Mrs. White. and will
spend some time visiting in Alabama
and New Orleans.
In West virginia.
Says the Washington Herald of yes
terday:
Mr.. and Mrs William Campbell, of
West Virginia. are entertaining a house
party at their place at CharlestOwn
during the horse show week. Among
their guests is Miss Kitty Barrett. of
Alexandria, who has just returned to
this country after accompanying her
mother. Mrs. Kate Waller Barrett to
the Worlds Conference at Budapest.
Paris and The Hague. While in ireland
Miss Barrett spent a week with Lord
and Lady Aberdeen at the Vice Regal
Palace, near Dublin"
Both Mrs. Barrett and her daughter
have visited in Richmond, where they
have a great many relatives and
friends. They will leave shortly for
several weeks stay at Cape Charles.
Guest of Miss IIobxon.
Miss Elise Anderson, of Louisa Coun-
ty. who has been visiting friends in
Richmond, Is now the guest OF Miss
The Forest" in Goochland. Miss Hob
son will later visit Miss Anderson in
Louisa. and will not return to Rich
mond until some time late in October.
Miss Leeson Here.
Miss Edith Lesson, OF England
well-known portrait painter OF the
day, Is q guest OF Mrs. Horace Well
ford Jones at 200 East Franklin street.
Miss Leeson has been in Virginia since
the late winter and has done a number
of portraits of prominent society peo-
pie, among them being those of Mrs.
Ned Scott, of Albcmarle. and Miss
Frances Scott, of this city. Miss Lee
son spent several weeks In the early
spring at "Nydrie," the Forsy,he estate
In Albemarle. when she painted por-
trait of Mrs Forsythe.
Returned to New York.
Miss Marie Stcinbrecher. who has
been at the home of her parents here
for the last month. has returned to
New York. accompanied by her sister.
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Invitations Issued.
Especial to The Times-Disn, =,

Especial to The Times Dispatch.1
Lexington, Va, August 21-Mr. and
Mrs. Percy Campbell Caring have issued
invitations to the marriage OF their
daughter. Miss Margaret Louise, to
James Lindsay Ewing, OF New Orleans
La The wedding Will take place We'd
nesday evening, September 3, at 8
o'clock. at the home of the brides pa
rents. on Jackson Avenue Lexington.
Mr.. Ewing is IL son of Colonel and Mrs.
Robert Ewing, of New Orleans. and
graduated from the, Virginia Military
Institute in the class OF 1912 He Is
commandment at the Gulf Coast NIili-
tary Academy at Gulf Port, Miss Miss
Caring was educated at Hollins Col
lege
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-22
WHO PUT MOUSE IN STEVE
Childs Co. Says Patron Asking Ten Thousand
Dollars Did 1t Himself.

New York. August 2l.-"who put a mouse
into a plato OF beef stew" That is tho
question the Supreme Court soon will be
called upon to decide. Jerome Smith
brought suit for $4,000 damages some timo
ago against the Childs Restaurant Company.
In which he claimed he was served with
plate OF beef stew containing well-cook-
ed mouse.
The Childs Company. through its attorney.
Chester IL. Lane. OF 253 Broadway, yester-
day filed an answer. In which II alleged
the plaintin put the mouse In the stew
himself after eating a part of the food. The
answer Is as savory as was tho complaint
II says:
Upon Information and belief that at
about s:l5 P. NJ. on July Q. 1913 tho plaintiff
was served. at his request with cup of
coffee and beef stew, which stew was prop
erly prepared. cooked and served. and which
at the time OF the serving did not contain
any mouse or part thereof; and that after
plaintin had eaten n considerable portion
or said stew then plaintiff himself placed
the mouse complained of In the said stow
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-22
COUPLE MARRIED ELEVEN TIMES.
Globe Trotters Make Sure Their Tie Is Le-
KallS binding.

DlODC IrottcrB Make sure Their Tie Is 10
gally Binding.
Hagerstown, Nd. August Ito be mar
ried to each other eleven times since 1909
has been the novel experience of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Vernon. who at Braddock
Heights Casino. The marriage ceremonies
have been performed In as many different
countries. Asked why he and his wife had
been married often when once usually is
enough. Vernon said II sort of a hobby
with them, and they took the step rs a
precaution because In some foreign countries
marriages performed In others are not rec
ognized.
He and his wife were first married in Co
lumbus. o.. in 1909; then in Montreal. In 1910;
In England. Scotland. Wales. France. Ger
many. Belgium and Russia. in 1911; in sgd
ney. Australia in 1872 and in Vera Cruz,
Mexico, in 1918. They hold marriage certi-
ncates OF all these weddings. and the dis
play is unique.
In some OF the countries where they wers
married they did not understand word
tho officiating clergyman was saying. but
simply nodded their heads when they
thought the time had come to make the
responses. They speak French and German.
The FIRST time they were married former
Governor Heyrick OF Ohio. then the States
executive. was a witness.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-22
BULL KILLS FARM HAND.
Hired Man oored to Death in lionel

Hired Man Gorcd to Death In Lonely
Field.
Red Bank. n. J.. August 21.-Attacked by
a bull in lonely field on the farm of
Thomas Henry Grant. OF Niddletown Town
ship. John Noonan. hired man, gored
to death. His body was not discovered until
several hours later
Noonan went into the field late In the
afternoon to round up the cattle for their
food. When he did not return with them
AFTER some little time one of the members
OF the family won't out to see what had be-
come of him. and found his body Noonan's
skull was crushed and he badly gored.
HIS clothing was almost torn from his body.
For some time the bull known to BIO
an ugly beast. and people had always been
cautioned about 1t.
Noonan- who was sixty-two years OLD, had
worked Grants farm for twenty five
years.
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Odds and Ends From the Wire

5urcd by an ashcan. thrown by the janitor
at the home OF hor parents g. East losd
Street. The girls father. Max Fender sued
the landlord. Sigmund Greenberg. He main
tanned that before the injury to his daugh-
ter she was an obedient child. sound
sleeper and OF pleasant disposition.
Now che is naughty" said the father
she cries great deal OF the time she is
fretful. and doesn't mind us at all. She
sleeps but very little at a time. and Is very
nervous
The jury decided the spoiled temper was
worth 500. which damages accordingly were
awarded to Mr.. Fender
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-22
SHIP HALTs FOR DEATH.
Lands Girl Passenger Whose Father Dies as
SLe SoiI


New Britain. Conn. August 21-Miss Nell
lie Robinson anticipated with delight her
journey to Bermuda. when. at IL o'clock In
the morning, she boarded the Berrnudian
Soon after signal from the pier caused it
to stop In midstream. Tho sudden halt
caused Miss Robinson more annoyance
than 1t did the other passengers. yet 1t
was because she was on board that the ship
delayed.
Councilman George H. Robinson, her
father. dropped dead in this city at 10
o'clock whiie ut his work. AT 10 40 O'clock
friend of the family learned OF Miss Rob-
ineon's sailing. He called the officials OF
the line In New York. who. after hearing
the reason. signaled for the ship to heave
to. and Miss Robinson was taken ashore
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-22
An Act of Vandalism.

1t has been discovered that within
the past few days some one entered
Old Blandford Church and stole the
nameplate on the alabama memorial
window, erected in memory OF the SOL
diers of that State. An attempt wae
also made to remove a large plate
bearing the inscription TO the soldier
dead. On each of the State memo
rial windows In the church there are
two breastplates, the smaller bearing
the name of the apostle in the window
and the larger the inscription. The
Alabama plate, which was taken, bears
the name of tho Apostle ST Andrew.
The loss was accidentally discovered
when member of the Ladies' Memo
rial Association visited the church
Why such an act should have been
committed in such a sacred place and
by whom is not known
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-22
.LeMeIrx Recovered.


The police have recovered from
pawnshop in this city a fine pin of
onyx and pearls which was recently
stolen from the home Of Mrs. Cren-
shaw, in Richmond. by man who rep
resented himself to be an attache of
the Water Department. Valued at be-
tween $40 and $50. 1t was pawned by
the thief for $3.50.
The police recently found some
jewelry beneath the seat of the pa
troll auto. the discovery of which
baitied them for some time, until con-
fesslon of the concealment was made
by two boys. Ernest Hickman and Shell
ton Post, under arrest in Hampton.
They said the jewelry was put under
the auto seat by negro named
Chalkley, who was later killed by
train in Dinwiddic. The negro and tho
boys were arrested here early in July
on suspicion. but were discharged The
jewelry had been stolen in Hampton,
and was restored to the owner.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-22
The Times Dispatch Bureau.
Bollingbrook Street
(Telephone 1850,
Petershurg. Va. August. 2l. 1o1a.

PetersbuTg, va, aug Ust- Il. IJI5.
AT mass-meetins OF the Demo
cratic Progressive party" and independ-
ents OF Dinwiddie, held at the county
courthouse yesterday. w. l.. PEBBLES
was nominated for the House OF Dele
gates. to oppose Judge John Y Harris.
the Democratic nominee. No nomina-
tons for other Offices were made. The
meeting was called by Mr.. PEBBLES. as
chairman of the Democratic Progress
sive party" which made him their
nominee. The meeting was disap-
pointing as to numbers, the attend
npcc being small.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-22
SNAPS SNIFF WAS LAWFUL.
Doc Acquitted Of Cats Murder Despite

Montclair. n. j.. August 21.-Mrs. I. II.
Forester, OF II Franklin Placs. appeared bo-
fore Recorder Andrew Weller with fire in
her eye and vengeance In her heart Mrs
F'orester's cat had been killed. and she
blamed Snap, a dog belonging to a neighbor.
She demanded that the recorder hale Snaps
owner into court
How do you know this mans dog killed
your cat?" the recorder asked Mrs For
ester.
Why" the woman responded. at saw
Snap shifting about the place, and my cat
was killed.
Recorder Wells decided that Snap had
right to snifr and refused TO issue the sum-
mons for It's master
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-22
Delegates Elected.

Petersburg Lodge Of Elks has elected
the following delegates to the State
convention of the order. to meet next
month in Richmond: William Koenig,
w. T. Baugh. George w. Watson,
Charles f. Bowie, W. L. Rahily. D. H.
Wilcox, r. F. Jackson. S. A Reinach,
w. c. Godsey, Virgil st. Cloud
The delegates are empowered to ap-
point their own alternates
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probably would be In a form of a reso-
luton to be offered in the House by
one OF their number to impeach the
judge. Such a resolution would be re-
ferred 10 the Judiciary Committee,
which will resume consideration Of the
Department of Justices report next
Monday.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-22
News Of Petersburg

convict, was captured in this city last
night by Police Officer Heelan Stands
was convicted in the Hastings Court
here nearly year ago of grand larceny
and sentenced to tho penitentiary for
eighteen months. He was put to work
on the road force In Smyth County.
from which he escaped on August IA
He was caught the day after he re-
turned here and Will be sent back to
the pom tertiary
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-22
GOOD TEMPER WORTH 500.

Child Hit by .Ashcnn Wins Suit for DAM
ages.
New York, August IA sherihs jury ap-
praised ut 500 yesterday the value OF q
good temper to little girl. The child was
Kate Fender four years old. She was in
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-22

Miss Virginia Marshall, of Ashland.
has returned to her home. after stay
OF several weeks in Florida.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-22

Miss Rhoda Deitrick, of Grove Ave-
nue.. Is leaving town In few days to
visit friends in Chatham.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-22

w. a. Splitting and A. Sutterlin lef
town this week for stay Of severa
weeks at the Virginia Hot Springs
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of Miss Margaret Wilson. in Eikins.
w. Va. was operated on for appendi-
oitis there last week at tho Davis Me-
mortal Hospital.
Hunter Mann has returned to the Ex-
ecutive Mansion. after a visit to friends
In Tennessee.
Little Robert Lyle. OF Grove Avenue.
Is the guest OF his uncle. w. w. Moses.
at Level Run.
Miss Margaret Gibbons, who has
been spending several weeks In New
York City. has returned to Richmond.
Henry Ware, OF this city, has re-
turned to his home, after visit TO
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Shepherd. in
fredericksburg.
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Robert Brock and Samuel Samson
who have been guests of friends al
Ocean View. have returned to Rich.
mond.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-22

Mrs. Osborn Wells is expected home
Sunday, having spent two months In
New York City.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-22

Miss Louise Sheppard has returne,
to her home on Grove Avenue, after
visit to the RockbridRe Alum Springs
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-22

Miss Ada Fill. who has been the guest
OF friends near Alton. has returned tc
Richmond.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-22

Mrs. r. D. Smith, who has been al
Buckroe Beach for some time past
has returned to the city.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-22

Russell G. Smith and Albert Lyle ar
visiting Charles Fowler at Mobjack
Mathews County.
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Miss Doris Hoppe. who is the guest
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-22

DR.. Philip Taylor returned to Rich
mond yesterday. after trip to Nov;
Scotia, Quebec and Montreal, Canada.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-22

Miss Helen I. Schmidt and her sis
ter, Miss Lena NJ. Schmidt are spend
Ing q few weeks In Waynesboro
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-22

Miss Margaret Gordon. of this city
is visiting Mrs. Charles SEMI at Yves
Morris, Conn.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-22

Miss Dorothy Weimhoff of Kentucky.
VIII arrive in Richmond the last of the
month to visit Miss Ada Fill.
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In and Out of Town.
MISS Blanche Patton and her sister.
Mrs Irving. who have been guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. James D. Patton. on West
franklin Street. have returned to Dan
vile.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-01-22
TO TAKE TARIFF
OFF OF MEATS
1T WAS PROPOSED LAST YEAR
BUT RLockED-DEMoc TO
PUT 1T THROUGH AT EXTRA
SESSION.
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.

Washington, Jan. 21.-The removal
of the tariff on meats proposed by the
house democrats at the last session OF
congress, but blocked by the presiden-
tial veto, was indicated as part OF
the extra session of congress on the
tariff revision program at the hearing
before the house committee on ways
and means today.
The members of the committee en-
phasized a majority sentiment in favor
of free meats and a strong trend
towards free cattle in accordance with
the general policy Of the democrats
last year to transfer the necessities Of
life to the free list.
S. H. Gowan, of Fort Worth, Texas,
representing the cattle industry west
of the Mississippi river, protested put
ting cattle and meats on the free list
saving it would hurt the industry.
Representative of Bermuda and the
Bahama Islands protested against the
present tariff rates on sponges, pine
apples, grapefruit and other things.
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MANY DELEGATES
ATTENDING COUNCIL
About Six Hundred Present When
Council of Hebrew Congregations is
Formally Opened.
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS

Cincinnati. Jan. 21.-About 500 dele
ga tes were in attendance when the
Council of Hebrew Congregations,
which began last night with a religious
service, was formally opened for the
transaction of business today ]. WAL
ter Freiberg, of Cincinnati, president
of the union and a layman, presided.
The invocation was offered by Rabbi
Samuel Schulman. of New York, presi-
dent of the Central Conference of
American Rabbis, and Bernhardt Bett-
man, internal revenue collector for the
Cincinnati district, delivered an ad-
dress of welcome on behalf of the
city. After this President Freiberg
read his annual report. He praised the
work of the Hebrew Union college in
this city, paid a tribute 70 Simon Wolf,
OF Washington, of the board Of dele
gates, and reviewed tn. work of the
several departments of the union.
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SPECIAL TO THE JOURNAL.


Montgomery. Jan. 21.-Louis Smith,
who was only recently acquitted Of
killing Brooks Fuller, was shot and
killed last night by Louis Roney, a
prominent young broker, the body of
Smith falling on the sidewalk within
two hundred feet of rhe spot where
Fuller had fallen when shot a few
months ago. Smith had always said
he would die with his boots on.
Smith. who is a man considerably
older than Roney, quarreled with the
latter about ten days ago, and it was
known there had been trouble between
them prior, but last night it was
thought they had settlG3 their differ
ences as they walked into a saloon to-
sether and took a drink. What they
said to each other is not known. They
stood in the saloon for four or Ave
minutes and turned md walked out
together. Just as they reached the
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-01-22

.ORGAN|zE-HAvE
$4,000 CAPITAL
County Crop Improvement
Association Soon to
Begin Work.
ELECT MR.. EEK
THE PRESIDENT
Commercial Association, Big
Fund and Government
Jointly Support Work.
Will Choose County Ad-
visor and Executive Com
mittee.

With $3.50 to begin work on and
plenty of work to do, the Escambia
County Crop Improvement Association
was organized yesterday in the rooms
Of the Pensacola Commercial Asso-
citation, with c. F. Zeek as president.
While it will be conducted as a part
of the commercial association, its lists
will be open to those not members OF
the commercial body and it may be
Joined Independently of that.
The election of officers resulted in
the choice of Mr.. Zeek. as the head:
P. E. Pearce, of Gonzalez vice-presi-
dent; Leland j. Henderson, secretary
and F. M. Williams, treasurer.
An executive committee and county
agricultural advisor will probably be
elected at the next meeting, the latter
to serve two years.
The association will have the joint
support of the commercial associa-
tion. which has appropriated $1,000,
and Of the Sears -Roebuck Fund and
fund for agricultural expansion set
apart by the government The gov
ernment aid will amount to $3.50 an
nually, for two years. The entire
amount must be judiciously expended
within tbat time 80.
wIIF|aa tsrlGu4luraAtSt -.
of the entire county by 2tudy Of scien-
tffic farming. It is probable that an
experiment station will be kept up and
carefully watched by someone able to
take advantage of present-day ideas
in farming, note betterment of crops
in this county grown under certain
conditions and be able to talk intelli-
gently upon how results were obtained.
It is proposed to also instruct set
tiers in the county how to turn their
land to best advantage at once, with
out going through two or three years
of experience with possible losses.
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CONCLUDE PROBE
OF OIL LEASES
House Indian Affairs Committee
Finishes Investigation of Charges
Against Secretary Fisher.
BY AssoCIATED PRESS.

Washington, Jan. 21.--The house In
dian affairs committee today concluded
its investigation of the controversy
between Secretary of the Interior
Fisher, the deposed members Of the
tribal council of Usage Indians and the
Uncle Sam Oil COMPANY over leases To
Indian oil lands granted by the de-
posed council to the Uncle Sam com
pany.
Secretary Fisher testified that he OBJ
iected to the Uncle Sam leases because
they gave the Indians a royalty of one
eighth on oil developed instead of one
sixth, which he believed them entitled
to and because under the leases the
ntire tract will go to me Uncle Sam
company, whereas he favors develop
ment by small stockholders.
The United States district court,
while the secretary was testifying. dis
missed the application for writ Of
rnandamus that would have forced the
secretary to reinstate the deposed Of
ficials of the Indian tribe, holding the
secretary could remove them for good
cause"
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BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.

Atlanta, Ga. Jan. 21.-A killing oc-
CURED in the federal penitentiary here
last Wednesday apparently as the re-
suit of a joke. First news Of the af-
fair leaked out today after compile
tion OF an investigation by special
agent of the department of justice.
John Oudendyke, aged 60, who was
serving his second term for using the
mails to defraud. died in the hospital
forty minutes after he had been struck
in the face by Walter Keller, young
negro, serving a nine year term for
tlse postoffice robbery in Arkansas. II
appeared from the investigation that
Oudendyke, who was a mute, threw
some water on Keller while passing
through the butter room which it was
the negro's duty to keep clean. The
negro asked thcswhite prisoner why nc