Show NEGROES SOLD ON BLOCK AS KENTUCKY V VAGRANTS Three of r Them Cried at Auction by Sheriff as in the tile Days of Slavery LANCASTER K Ky Dec 3 3 Pictures of slavery Ia da days 5 were brought vividly before the o of th the older citizens by the voice of or Sh Sheriff William La Lawson Larson son crying O Oyez How am I offered to start the negro Three negroes Clara Amler Anderson on William Wiiiiam j A. A Reed Recd and Belle JIcile Griffin having been convicted of I vagrancy were vere sold old tinder under an nn order o of court to the highest bidder The man was sold Mid for three months month an and brou brought ht 7 i. i Bell Belle Griffin waRold was waR sold old for Cor t twelve I e months month The other woman was sold saM for three years year The They 5 each A large crowd was ins collected by the no elt novelty of or the occasion lon but hut the they were shy o of bidding as ns the they were uncertain as al to their thir rights In regard to the property property prop prop- crt erty under the hammer The Kentucky Kentuck laws give gl I c to lo the purchaser of or a vagrant the same ame rights that a master has over an apprentice Thc They are arc al alt also o opry very pry ry strict as to outside Interference ant and provide severe ere punishment for those who either cither persuade them away or harbor vagrants grants who leave Ia their purchasers Several more Indictments have been found but the parties learning o of them have left len lenthe the State This means of or breaking up the gang gam an o of loafers was tried here many years a ago o and proved pro vcr very effective and ani the authorities are determined to continue continue con con- It until the community IB is rid mid o of all vagrants |