The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-03-16

In Mayor Titus, of Daytona, Denver
Ben Lindsey has 6. dangerous rival as
graceful decorator of the bench in
juvenile court Strong proof OF the
foregoing claim was furnished Tues
day morning when quintet Of tender
(reverse English on that wordD dark
town youths about one size bigger and
n times more Internally devilish than
the postcard pickaninny, over which a
few benighted up-country ladies have
the bad taste to rave, were lined up
in police court by Officer Humphreys.
The mayor scrutinized the five little
spades and quickly perceived that lie
had drawn straight fush-jack high,
the latter being cleverly impersonated
by a long, black imp of IA with head
shaped like a deformed cucumber. The
eight-spot was represented by NINA
ture replica of Satan who was afflicted
with loquaciousness; he said his, name
was Albert, but his daddy had incon-
siderately failed to supply his son with
a surname; in other words, Albert
never has and probably never Will
know who sired him. The entire odorif-
erous, black bunch were charged with
disorderly conduct, in that they had
rudely disturbed John VanValkenburg.
the handful distributor. John started
his testimony with fetching little
verse (Which the painfully prosaic
court didn't appreciate), and then said
the young sprigs of iniquity had jeered
at him, called him names, and
"chunked" him with stones. All the
boys denied this. except Albert, who
called upon high heaven to witness
his statement that the whole outfit.
himself included. HAD done all the
things John named. This made hit
with the mayor and he decided to dis
miss the sinners with stern lecture
on the virtue of attending to their own
business and on the importance Of
going to school instead Of strolling the
streets looking for devilment to get
into, Before ordering Albert end his
pals to "scoot' the court commanded
them to report to their "perfessor'
daily until the school term ends.
Mamie Dixon. fat, ginger-cake COL
ored dame, and Katherine Mcfarland.
slim as beanpole and black as a
chimney.hole. were docketed as having
been disorderIy. In plain Florida
language. they had been scrapping.
Mamie. when asked whether or not
she was guilty. replied. "Yassah. she's
guilty" meaning Katherine. The lat
ter had a similar answer ready. One
Of NAMES gals" was witness, and
testified that Katherine come in
ouah ya'd t git some watah, an
momma she toll 'er de man what owns
de place didn't want 'er to git no mo-.
and den Kathn she retched in 'er
buzzum and brung out a razzer an
stahted to cut momma, and den
momma she rum" Katherine stated
that the witness was dead wrong and
that Mamie and her two gals" came
at her with an axe and a rake, and
that she had only had pair of scis-
sors in her hand instead of "raz-
ger" After hearing statements from
all hands. the court concluded that
Katherine had been the aggressor,
and fined hex Sc, from which she may
be relieved by serving 10 days in
JAIL When told that the case against
her was dismissed, Mamie looked as
pleased and triumphant as a tomcat
that had just dined on the pet canary.
Katherine was headed west, in COM
pany with Officer Humphreys. when
last seen. (The city Jail lies in the
same direction-west.)