Dies Close to Time He Set.
Peter White, an aged negro residing near Washington, N. C., died at twelve-thirty p. m., just thirty minutes later than the hour he had appointed. In April, White told friends that he would “give up the ghost” at the stroke of twelve.
About this time Jerry Langley, colored, was giving the police of Washington trouble. Langley had set the hour for his demise. He postponed it several times, each time disappointing a great crowd of blacks gathered for the dramatic exit of Langley. Finally, when he said the thing was final, the crowd blocked the street and the police would not wait for Jerry to die. They hustled him off to the county home. He is still living.
White, the authorities say, may have been prompted by Langley’s example. He had visions of himself being trolleyed aloft in a golden chariot. Old age claimed him, doctors say.