Monday, August 26, 2019

Manager of A. & P. Tea Co. Because Company Was Hoarding Sugar, Aug. 26, 1919

From The Western Sentinel, Winston-Salem, N.C., Aug. 26, 1919

Greensboro Man Is Under Arrest. . . J.L. Michael, Manager of A. & P. Tea Co., Charged With Hoarding Sugar

Greensboro, Aug. 23—Acting under instructions of District Attorney W.C. Hammer, a federal warrant was today served on J.L. Michael, manager of the Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, charging the company with hoarding sugar in violation of the federal law. The case has been set for trial before United States Commissioner H.D. Collins Thursday afternoon.

Twenty-five thousand pounds of sugar were found stored by this concern last week.

Michael was this afternoon placed under bond of $500 for his appearance.

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