Salisbury, Aug. 30—A young negro man in expressing his opinion of the soldiers on duty in Salisbury said they “looked like boy scouts and had no more training that a rabbit.” For this expression he was h
>s who were laying on the grass remarked to a friend that they looked like boy scouts. He was taken in charge and the case against him was later dismissed when he
apologized to Col. Don Scott and explained the circumstances under which he had made the statement.
From The Charlotte News, Aug. 30, 1922
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Will Try King in Murder Case. . . Farmer of County Will Be Arraigned on First Degree Charge Thursday
A venire of 50 men will report at the court house Thursday morning from which will be drawn a jury that will try
J.E. King, charged with the killing of Irwin Little, a Canadian who came through here last Summer and who had a quarrel with Little about timber rights on the Leon Potts farm south of the city.
Joe Si
ngleton, negro, who faced a trial of burglary in the first degree when court opened Wednesday morning, was sentenced to 12 months on the roads, after the warra
nt had been changed to burglary in the second degree. The defendant was represented by E.R. McCauley.
The defendan
t was arrested on the night of June 18, after a Mr. Freeland, who lives five miles from the city on the Lawyer’s Road, called the Charlotte police department and asked for immediate help because there was a burglar trying to get in his house. Chief of Police Orr and Officers Joe Paxton and Will McGrow answered the call and were witnesses in the trial of the case in court.
John Plyler, negro, was sentenced by Judge Webb to four months on the roads Wednesday morning after he had been found guilty of larceny.
Will Fesperman and John Caldwell, two negroes, were fined $50 and the costs for carrying concealed weapons.
Grover Stewart, negro, was being tried on a charge of assault when the forenoon session of the court adjourned. Connelly Robinson, attorney, represented him. A.B. Ensley and Grady Thomas, charged with forcible trespass, were fined $25 and the costs each.
Jim King, negro, was fined $25 and the costs after being found guilty of petit larceny.
From The Charlotte News, Aug. 30, 1922
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Brothers Quarrel Over an Old Mule
Ruth Palmer, a six-foot negro man, in spite of his feminine denomination, did not like the way in his brother, Allen Palmer, was maltreating the pet mule of the family, so he called him up about it and demanded that he stop “beatin’ dat mule.”
Allen, after the manner of brothers, did not like the ultimatum from the eldest born, and accordingly “lit in and cussed” Ruth for everything in the profane vocabulary with a few improvisation of his own. Ruth maintained the patience of Job, as long as he could, then he slapped Allen, the slap necessitating Ruth’s trial for an assault at Wednesday’s police court. Judge Jones said Ruth was not guilty, and instructed the brothers to compose their differences and treat the mule better.
E.A. Hurley entered a plea of guilty on the charge of having assaulted his wife, and prayer for judgment was continued. The assault was a technical one and committed while the defendant was under the influence of liquid dynamite in the form of corn whiskey.
Lem Russell, negro, was taxed with the expenses for driving an automobile by a street car while it was discharging passengers.
Josh Miller, negro, was fined $10 and the costs for operating an automobile in excess of the speed limit.
B.R. MacMahon was impoverished by $10 plus the costs of court for speeding on a motorcycle.
From The Charlotte News, Aug. 30, 1922
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