Chief Askew's Diary: Feb. 28, 1930

Offenders fined in court; editor wonders if farmers can make a profit this year

The 1937 photo of a Georgia sharecropper family was taken by photographer Dorothea Lange as she documented the impact of the Great Depression on Americans. Collection of the Library of Congress.

“Tried two cases in Mayor’s Court this a.m. at 9 o’clock — fined them both $15 each,” Chief Askew wrote in his diary. That was a pretty steep fine — $285 in curr…