The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-08-20
Jddicious Whipping
|. IS Good for The Boy
Youngsters Who Stole Watermelon,
Not From Vine But From Gro 4.
- Gerry, Face the Court. !,
GIVEN OVER no THE =. ....N
+. CARE OF THEIR PARENTS.
Chicken or No Chicken, Thab is the
Question, Which the Bench Was y.
!. - ..1 Called tOsSOIve. t.Ll

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The eternal problem NOW to handle
the Juveniles who go wrong came I'D
before Police Judge McCorkle wed
nesday. 1t seems a most perplexing
problem but the same may be said to
certain extent. Of how to deal with
those who have reached the age Of
discretion as defined by the law. T..
The case was over the matter or
stealing watermelon from store.
There has been a time when the theft
Ola watermelon was not considered
aNerime, that is hit wereS out In the
country and on ttthe vine. 4-z:Rut
times have changed; besides this
meionA however tempting, was not
on, the vine, but~waR part and parcel
OF the stock OF a Charleston mer-
chant: The youngsters were between
the ages Of ten and eleven answered
to the names of Earl Cobb, Charles
Legg and Leonard Harris. Their
parents were In court with them:
The boys acknowledged the theft AZ
ter explaining to the parents the diff
ficuity of dealing !, adequately, with
boys of Such tender years By means
Eof the machinery OF the law, Judge
MacCerkie ,-disfnfgsed the cases
recommending that the parents chasl
tlse the zboys Themselves as the best
corrective, saying that whipping oc-
cas1onaily when young boys go
wrong, judicioHsly administered is
the best method Of discipline and OF
intoxicating right living and right
conduct. -
The Chicken Question. -.
The question of the violation of
the ordinance prohibiting chickens
running at: large, also had an airing
In police court, the complainant he
ing Mrs. M. Frankenberger, and the
DEFENDANT, her neighbor, Thomas
WOOD. Mrs. Frankenberger said Mr..
WOODS chickens had continually I'M
Faded her premises, they had eaten
all her strawberries last spring. were
now eating her grapes and were soil.
ing her porch and her sidewalk. and
she could not keep "a servant on ac-
count OF them. She had stood the
Joss of the strawberries and even of
Ethe grapes but she drew the line
Wnen she found she could not keep a
servant on account Of the chickens.
Mr.. Wood testified he had his
chickens wired in, but admitted that
one or two might get out occasional-
~ that 1t was. Impossible, with his
Uest efforts, to keep his chickens sif;
all fhe time. He suggested that ii
| might be some other persons chick,
| ems that were annoying Mrs Frank
enbeFger, and alleged spite work on
| the part Of Mrs. Frankenberger. ow-
| ing to- another matter in which there
had been trouble between the, two,
mfs- Frankenberger denied the spite
| work and was sure the chickens com
| planned of belonged to Mr.. Wood;
After hearing all the evidence, with
| the injunction that Mr.. Wood stop IN
all the cracks aud holes that none
! OF his chickens might hereafter esq
cape, the case was dismissed. ...I
j.. Beat His Wife. .... ~ 81
Horace Barton, on complaint of hiS
wife, was arrested on a charge OF as
saalt upon that lady He pleaded
guilty and said he had quit work, got
| drunk, and when he went nome the
remarks made to him By his wife ex.
| asperated him and he SLAPPED her
I0ther evidence Of the complaining
witness and another lady convinced
Judge MacCorkie that the offense
was somewhat more aggravated than
the husband admitted. Barton waa
fined $40, ', .s.'
Arthur Thomas was accused OF be-
ing drunk and Of refusing to nav for
his drink. He drew one dollar and
costs. ........ -!
J. J. Thompson was charged with
violating health ordinance reduir-
Ing him to clean up the premises
where he lived when he vacated
them. 1t was brought out that
Thompson Ind his goods packed and
expected to leave for Virginia. JA
said ne had made arrangements to
have the premises cleaned, but there
were go many other Ssfrcunista nfsaa
connected with the case that Judge
| MacCorkle held the defendant stf
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