Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-20

us -L7tSat u LlelHg prop 70 the father IN his old
age. mas reaed too much on him for a sup
port. II the community is correct in its sus-
plclons, Joe should shrre the fate of a bur-
gar. Up TO the present nothing of his where
abOuts are known.
Ivanhoe correspondence MORNING NEWS,
Aug Is: On Saturday morning. Aug. Is, our
usually quiet community was startled BY the
report that one negro had shot and seriously
Injured another at The turpentine still Of
Meszrs. Wood 4 Co. Investigation uroved
the report 10 be true. II seems that Rufus
Ash and William Hughes, both colored. and in
the employ Of Messrs. Wood 4 Co. became
involved IN dispute about the right Of sole
occupancy Of hut which they were at the
time jointly occupying with their wives.
bulus marched of 10 one of the other shanties.
borrowed gun under the pretense Of wish
ing 70 go hunting. returned and deliberately
MathlhS up WltlIn Few feet Of his friend
Biii DIS -harged heavy load OF ''blue whist
lers INTO MS right leg. Mr.. Robinson, a
member OF the firm Of " OOd x Co.. happened
70 he standing near. and WreSted the gun
from the hands Of the blood-thirsty fiend,
VINO. u seems. was about to discharge the
other load into his already fallen victim.
placed hrs left hand in the criminals collar
and ordered him 10 surrender. But Rufus
had concluded that II would be safer for him
70 leave and after some struggling succeeded
I'm breahlng loose, and effected his escape into
thick swamp near bv, Mr. r.
says he could easily have stopped him
with tho other load but did not wish to
lmbrue his hands i'm one negrO's blood to
dNeuEt aLulueE- Meesf5s " 00u N 70. nave
offered q reWard Of SO for the arrest OF Rufus
Ash. black negro, about feet 10 inches high.
rather thick set weighing about l60 pounds.
mouth remarkably large and lips thick.a slight
mOustache, face otherwise smooth. DR.. NJ.
L. Boyd was summoned to attend the wound
eel negro and promptly amputated the man
Ele1 Lee. William Is doing well at this writ
ing, and says lac would like to put Rufus eX-
actly In his iN.
E0rTy COHufv Eelrs: some one has written
history of the rise, progress and downfall Of
the kUklUN Khan. but he should publish a new
edition, ana add fresh chapter or two. The
organization still exists. and is in operation
I'm this county, though lt Is labOring just now
under adverse circumstances. Last Wednes-
day night, between midnight and day, a body
of masked men-eightin number-armed with
reYOlvers and fourteen bottles Of whisky, en-
tered some negro houses at Parkville, miles
north of this place, while the inmates were in
bed, and shot among them prOmiscuOusly.
Two Of the unO1cndng people were wounded
"A man slightly, boy about Is wears of age
mOri ally, who has since died. Several Of the
suspected parties have been arrested on war
ran S for wife beating, riot. assault with in
tent 10 Kill and murder. They did the shoot
ing by the light of a 1iambcau, composed
of material saturated with kerosene
OIL and wrapped around long sick. Previ-
GUS % dying the boy identified Allen Yancy
as the party who shot the fatal ball; he said
Naucy's mask fell of about the time he shot.
IaHcy Is in Jail. Abe Blocker, the leader of
the klan. was arrested also. but ESCAPED from
~
and turn states witness; he did that once.
Green Archer. Gabe Harris. Allen Yancy
Wash Blocker, Lewis Brown, Marshall Ed
Wdrus. Jake Garrett. Joe Fisher and others
are implicated. The most of these parties
We're arrested and had their committing tral
before Justice Ihgpen assisted by Judge Cart
ledge, OF Morgan. Allen 1ancy was commit
ted ON q charge OF assault with intent to muT
der. but as the murdered boy has since died,
/ suppose the greater crime Will absorb the
less. Gabc Harris and Wash Blocker were
10 IT-Tr n of an1
The rest except Brown and Marshall, for
whom no Warrents have been issued, are on
trial to-day Tuesday, before Judge Cart
ledge. Of the County Criminal Court, on
charge of riOt-the charge of murder being
investigated incidentally. All the parties
against whom charg have been made are
negroes, and the trial has brought together
perfect cloud of black faces, but no feeling
has been exhibited outside of curiosity. /
heard part of the testimony. enough to get
the drift of the spirit which actuates the wit
nesscs. and l must say that / have never seen
a set OF witnesses more determined to know
nothing. ! have no idea that any one of them
viii be convicted, unless \ be Blocker, who
at large, or Allen Gancy dIsgOrges.
Atlanta Constitution: An important rumor
came To the ears of the CoHStitUlioH late Mon
day night to the effect that Gov. Mcdaniel
would. IN a day or two. make levy of a half
mill ON the state tax rates, to make up the
dcuclt IN idSt years expenses. and to provide
for the 5000 0 of Nuttng bonds that fall due
next Al ril. At the end of the last session of
the Legislature but one, the Finance Commit
tee recommended that the state tax rate be re-
duced from to 2l@ mills. This was done. The
Finance Committee held that this levy would
raise sufficient money TO run the government.
They relied, however, on the use Of the $500 900
10 hc paid in for the Macon and Bruins
wick rOed, being used in part to pay
the inteest instead of the principal
Of the state debt. GOV. Mcdaniel held
that the law intended this money should
Ice used for the eNtnguishment of the debt,
aud not for carrying IT.. The money was
therefore used 10 take up State bonds. and
the interest Of the uebt had TO be provided
from other sources. In addition to this, after
the reduction of the tax. the Legislature
passed the leg and arm soldiers act, the luna
tic asylum act, and the capitol bill. The con-
sequence was that when the taxes were all in
and the estimates for the year made, there
was found To be a deficit Of 100000. Il was
necessary 10 borrow this or see the States
credit ruined. The money was borrowed a
month ago, by an appeal to the
private credit Of number of citi-
Zens and the emergency tided over. 1t
Is said now, and The ruinOr comes IN such
shape that we credit il fully, that GOV.
Mcdaniel has determined TO prevent such
another crisis by levy of One-half of one
tenth of per cent. This will restore the tax to
three mills. where it was before the last re-
ductiOn. His authority for such a levy is
clear. The act Of 1873, under which the Nut
ting bonds were issued, provided that the
Governor shall levy tax sufficient, above the
regular tax. to take up 100000 Of these bonds
each year. This act Is printed on the bonds.
Under IL GOV. smith levied one year one
tenth of I per cent. Gov. Colquitt made
a levy for them two or three times, but the
levy was included in the usual tax
While Gov. McDanieFs judgment was clearly
against the reduction of the tax by
the last Legislature, he was induced
by arguments and estimates 10 let the
trial he made. 1t has been made.
10 proved to be unwise and insufficient. It is
said that he Will now restore the rate. and we
may count hereafter on the State being able
TO meet MS Obligations promptly without re-
lying ON the personal credit of its citizens. It
Is saIi that the Governor has asked the At
torney General for an opinion on this subject.
There Is little doubt that the tax viii be
levied. II is estimated that the tax valuation
VIII be increased to about Sl5O0O.000 for the
year This viii make the total about S3l5,-
Oo0.O00. a half mill on this will yield about
Si50.eGo. This viii be sufficient to run the
government, pay all the appropriations and
the interest, and reduce the debt by taking
up the Sl00.Ot0 of the NUtting bonds, as pro-
vided by the NUtting act. The levy will be
cOleCtable with the regular tax of next year.