William Johnson To Serve Out His Term Washing Dishes, August 1920

 From the front page of The Commonwealth, Scotland Neck, N.C., Friday, August 20, 1920

Negro Is Brought to Finish Sentence

Our efficient night chief, Mr. Eugene Bishop, accompanied by Mr. Ben McRegan, went to Kelford yesterday and brought back William Johnson, who was wanted here for jumping a road sentence. It seems that Johnson was convicted of some offense and was sentenced to the county roads, but upon conditions that he could be hired out. Messrs. McRegan & Campus, the genial proprietors of the Dixie Cafe, took pitty on Johnson and hired him to help them in their kitchen. But Johson got tired of washing dishes and doing odd jobs, so he "flew the coop." He will be given his choice of either finishing his sentence on the roads or going back to the dish pan.