An August 13, 1872 report of the August 9 session of the Mayor's Court in Florence at which African-American resident Ellen Amonett was charged with "chastising" Amelia Cooper for "slander-talk" and was fined by Mayor Neander H. Rice for $10 or ten days in jail. Emma Hardy and Martha Armistead, two other black women, were also charged with a similar offense--jaw-slapping and hair-pulling and sentenced to a fine of $5 or five days in jail,.]]> Report of African-Americans Payton Richardson and Abner Johnson, in the mayor's court in Florence for fighting, the reason being that Johnson refused to give Payton a "chaw of tobacco," with the result that Payton insists he has to fight Johnson over it, and offers to pay any fines and court costs they may incur, which winds up being $10.]]>