Smyrna times., 1923-10-24
Id lf LOCAL INTEREST
n ''IF+iiIf / KENT COUNTY COURT

4 hlUllL hL"'
p.sRArT OF BLANCo CAMP AMP
s'.a0E GETS SENTENCE 10 YRS
Green Ordered to Pay $40 a
ring T,'' ~ support of His Family
N%In S,l.I II Divorce E Cases Granted
flll'l r'nrt of General Sessions OF
b ne cs,Dfv Cfr'a at Dover last week sew
5t ...a. .oal,i y local interest were tried
.sts,ces '-s59 passed. That promls-
'a+'rtf1 .sooting at campmeetings by
!. .lsT, sSdangering the lives of 9th
!. ~ veil as frequent assaults at
,,tserings, s,,r was given a jolt
I|, Ii.rroI Barratt, a negro with a
I.i.on r;,,1 record, was sentenced to
p-,. -. ;mnrisonment in the New
/. '1ll conntv WorkhOuse after plead
y. s,itr Srr to an Indictment for as
4 ,4' :. negro campmeeting at
y. ]. : an August 9. An additional
.,i.r.s ,,.' Of five years Imprisonment in
IVAN vsrkbouese for carrying conceal
IA deadly weapon at the same
''..;,s was imposed, the full term
( ':,,,I ..,,1i,opment expiring in October,
@ In addition he was required to
I,Tn,ts Of prosecution. He has also
n, indicted for highway robbery.
,,,,tt is the negro, who after his
,.,nsie at the Blanco camp, where
", shot by one Of his holdup VIC
n, and who was being treated at a
asjsluhia hospital, escaped at
,A. He was located within a week
darlington, N. j., where he form
h lived, and returned to Delaware.
IN Support Cases Before the Court
IN the desertiOn and nOn-suppOrt
A. Of irving Green, the court made
oyler that Green pay to his wife
j three children $40 a month. The
.suppOrt case of Willard Dicus
s Willard Santmire, alias Willard
sTsrs was heard by the court. Dicu,
aimed his willingness to live will
4 wife and maintain the child of les:
Ian a year old, but does not want hi
iie's people to interfere. His moth
fln-law charged Dicus with running
way and deserting her daughter an,
hat while he did return from Penn
Grove where he was employed, tha
ibis was due TO a "Ku Klux Klan
Taning. This Dicus denied. Th
Court ordered him to pay $40 pc
nGih for the support of hi
1 payable semi-mOnthly. Mac
Sullivan, eolOred, charged with tn
iHEy Of a coat from H. Glanvillt
oTa, changed his plea from nc
pity TO guilty. Sentence was defer
d-ln the case Of Stevens MOnarcl
Forge Iwsddell, Robert J. Rodger
ward K. Major and Wesley Clarl
indicted for the larceny of part
an automobile in August last 0
highway near Magnolia, while O
way from BOOthwyn, Pa,
i'sefs Beach, came into court wit
u counsel, John W.Huxley, of Wi
hgi0n. Rodgers, Major and Clal
aged their pleas to guilty. Aft,
.aemeHt made to the court I
a attoneythe three were probat,
inal Divorce DEGREES Granted
lhal DEGREES Of divorce were gran
y me Judges sitting in the Cou
iolovs' Frederick C. Short fro
ny I. Short; Nelson B. Faulkn
.n Yelia Faulkner; Howard Mast.
". .a Nellie Masten; Elsie NJ. Ca
-aa nom Lawrence Cardenti.-A d
~, " lla was signed in the cases
s.is' n. Scott from Malinda
wy ,..... This decree while having be
g.led October 16, 1922, was \
n .le1 until Thursday, making t
II leeiee effective one year fro
-'aay'-A decree nisi was Al
:.'a IN the case of Mildred A. Sal
u'Slee having been granted
'aly, 1923, but will not beco7
n 'n'l a year from Thursday
y o. ease Of a decree nisi granted
,,,,. OD'1oer term, 1922, to Mvr
,,... liom her husband. Walter
N.Y.. 4 Which would have become
49, y. iinuIsday, a petition was n
,rii..iy a y I. c. Frame, asking foI
sr,,.s ,.s' Of the petition for absoI
ss, '' as = the couple are living
..-.l ,,.5 and n, desired the petition 4,
aa4 winch was granted by
s'a'Ia ,',aai . Gets Year Imprisonme
n ,i'l;'l !; Schwatka, a white m
d. i'5;s..l i years. residing west of CI =
m -.i''ed ,.a at the present term
ID an, improper actions with a
5sa 'i5' f,. nlne years Of age, chan.
ri ril,,. from that of not guilty. to
III. 4,,g' y n.I5 His counsel, IA 4rte, te
bal W, y Wilmington pleaded
s, sru suggested probation,
fs. Vsti, refugnd 4bo l.
sso.. 5s.st in The New e 'ca castie ySat,5 cou
r',S, sf D,.a.D a fine Of $500 and to to-
'aa Jury n,