Beaumont, South Carolina
John nervously adjusted his tie as The John parked his black Mercedes sedan in the handicapped spot and squeezed his massive shoulders through the driver"s side door. Gloria approached them across the lawn.
The Beaumont courthouse presented an awe-inspiring work of nineteenth century architecture to the practiced observer. The interior was 100% mahogany, worn to a smooth finish over a period of 156 years. There were huge cannonball cracks in the exterior red bricks. These cracks had never been mended, to remind the locals of Sherman"s march through the South during "The War of Northern Aggression". Stout granite columns braced either side of the front entrance.
John saw his mother take note of the ever-present group of hippies waving banners protesting the war.
