The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-12-27
INFORMING AFTER"
IN RECORDERS COURT
DIVERS TALES OF WOE LIFT
ED UP AT THE BAR
OF JUSTICE.
MOSTLY NEGROES
Old Booze Responsible for Prac.
ticaily All the Devil.
nnens Done.
MOSTLY NEGROES

AT that hour Of the day supposed 10
divide the ascending course of the sun
from the going down thereof, His
Honor, Judge D. H. Russel, slowly
drew the ermine of office about his
stalwart shoulders and sat calmly
down at the bar OF justice in the re-
corder's court, to give ear to woefuI
tales hnrn OF y.!et!dc celebration not
wisely INDUCED in.
To slit through the chair that AL
ways piles high about that for which
philosophers have given their lives In
vain searching and find the kernel of
truth hidden in these tales OF the
morning after" was not so arduous n
task yesterday for the recorder as is
sometimes the case. For IL was a day
OF confessions Of sins committed
against the statutes Of the
wealth, and there was little left for
the Judge to do but dole out punish
ment to the self-confessed, each NOR
tai according to his deserts, as was.
in the judicial eye Of the Judge. meet
and proper.
The court crier lifted up his voice
and summoned Jim Crawford and
Charlie Thompson. both being of the
genus "baboonus." But one hearken-
ed to n call, this being Jim Craw-
ford, and he answered for the very
excellent reason that ne had been held
since Thursday without bond. The
other individual lieth sorely wounded,
his flesh having been carved into sew
eral fantastic designs by a fellow
mortal, said to be Crawford. The Bit
OF carving WEI done> last Thursday
morning as the two negroes were ar
irving in the city from Starr, on the
c. & w. c. train. When advised of
the charges against him, those of
fighting and d~isorderly conduct, and
asked what he had to say for himself.
Crawford blandiy replied mot guilty"
AT this juncture Of the proceedings.
however. It was decided to continue
the case until next Monday.
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Now cometh before the u Will
Frazier, of color the a%ntithesis Of the
driven snow. and with a Uranium
like unto q bullet in shape, charged
with conduct u~nbecoming to q citizen
OF his social standing, to wit, drunk
ennes5. Frazier, too, realized the sol
emn truth of this, and announced to
the court that he was guilty. A fne
of SIS or 10 was the result.
Giving expression to his feelings I'm
language that is not exactly in keen.
ing with what one would expect in a
drawing room was responsible for
Lincoln Lewis. OF ginger cake hue.
being hauled before the court. Lincoln
pleaded not guilty of the charges, but
the preponderance Of evidence was In
favor of the prosecution. therefore.
Lewis escaped not. A statement from
asphysician that the negro had Just re-
covered from a case of typhoid and
would not be able to work were he
sent to the c~haingang had weigh. %..h
the recorder, and procured for tho of
FENDER q suspended sentence of IS or
10 days.
Advancing to the bar with solemn
ity OF manner, Andrew Calhoun, Of coll
ored Denomination. frankly admitted
that he had been on a good old
Christmas drunk" for which he was
punished in the shape OF q fine, OF SIS
or 10 days on the good old changing.
Nell VERY, likewise q son OF Ham,
also admitted that he had imbibed too
freely OF that. fluid which steals away
the reason OF man and sometime
makes OF o perfectly normal negro a
veritable jackass, roaming about the
earth seeking whom he may offend. In
this instance he offen6ed only the dig
nifty Of the law, and suffered thereby
. sentence or So or 10 days of crack
ing rocks. III gi
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Had Henry Dial as much gray mat