An August 27, 1873 *Florence Times-Journal* report of an altercation between Florence mulatto barber James Goin (1836-aft. 1892) and S. Simpson resulting in both men being found guilty and fined by the mayor.

James Goin was a freed mulatto barber before the Civil War who ran unsuccessfully for probate judge of Lauderdale County in 1874 on the Republican ticket.]]>