The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-03-19
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
rHE NEWS OF The TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

kEE NEWS OF The TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.
A Man Found Murdered Near Bu-
chansn-Pledger said to Have Of
fered 70 Fave q White Man APP
pointed Gauger in Ocouee County
ST Paid $50 for the Favor.
GEORGIA
Holman Griffin Of Monroe died Sunday.
Atlanta viii SOON have police signal
system.
A.Y Backn-an, a contractor Of Atlanta,
died Monday after lingering illness.
There we're only seven deaths ct Macon
last week. The eity's population is 5000.
Six hundred and ffty-two children in
Forsyth county were out OF school last year.
The store room and two offices Of the
cement works at Kingst) N were consumed
Saturday, with all the books, papers, aud
some Of the goods the loss is covered By
insurance.
A Thomaston negro tried TO take out a
waTTaI. for another sable brother for con
juringa his mule, ana was much disap-
pointed when told that no such oifsnse was
recognized.
Louisville viii Issue bonds 10 the amount
OF z, 500 for the purpose of purchasing the
tinbered lands of the Louisville academy,
and preserving the timber thereon as q san
ftsry measure
There is negro boy in Qultman, about
is years old, who is said to be natural
artist He draws pictures of persons, ami
mas, etc, with an accuracy that IS said to
Se wonderful.
Work will be commenced on a new Sec
.ond Baptist church at Atlanta soon. The
committee has succeeded in raising S55, 900
~ hn "A
was raised during the past week. 1t will
be an easy matter to raise the additional
$500
Some unknown disease has suddenly made
3tS appearance among the -saine inhabi-
ltants of Athens, and withia tne past month
some Of the finest dogs in the city have died.
II comes on in the form of a bad cold and is
Followed by 6 cough, which the animal
Keeps up incessantly day and night
At Americas q young man was driving
about tbs city pair OF fine mares, accom-
panied by young lady. 1t 80 happened
1hat both the mares had foels. As the team
ives driven past the young mans house one
of the colts leaped the fence. and, 70 the
drivers dismay, began 20 suckle. A negro
was summoned aud the colt led away.
Athens Banner: gentleman from
Oconee county tells US that w. a. Pledger,
the well-known negro politician proposed
of Mr.. Oscar Carter OF Walton county, that
ar he l2iGgeway) would pay him (Pledgsrl
$50, thee ne would see thai Col. Buck made
Collector johnson assign a white st orekeeper
and gauger; and if the money was not paid,
negro officer would be sent 10 his distillery.
AR. Ridge 'ay very properly refused to pay
fhis blackmall, and the consequence was,
the negro Msrabls was put upon him, re-
sulting IN destroying his business
At Buchanan, Sunday, William II. Bull
lard reported to Sheriff Hoicoube that he
had found a man who had been murdered in
an old house, which was built by the
graders, three miles south of Buchanan.
The sheriff. accompanied by several
citizens, went out and found that the
man had been beaten with hickory
clubs. His head was beaten to
jelly. part of his skull was knocked entirely
OF and his brains spattered on the
wall above his head. The coroner's Jury
returned the following verdict: THAT the
man came 70 his death by hickory clubs,
used by Gail Guerry and Willis Perkins
Scolored) and some other persons unknown
The jury arrived at their verdict from the
evidence given by the negroes themselves,
and from what could be gotten from a ne
gro boy, the son of Perkins Both
Of them contradicted themselves sew
eral times. Perkins testified that he had
never seen the man, and that he had never
Deeu 10 Tue mouse. AICerWar1 ne admitted
that the man had been to his house to warm.
Joe Perkins, son of Willis Perkins, swore
that he and his father had been to the mans
house once. and that his father atterward
wanted him to leave home for few days.
He also stated that he saw q light on Satur-
day night, March Sth, in the mans house,
and went to the house on Sunday morning.
The man was eating, and a negro, who he
did rot know, fusslng with the man about
breakfast, and that in the talk the man
stated that he was from Atlanta. So far as
known he has only been there about ten
days. He was about 45 years old,
light hair, slightly gray, sandy moustache,
and had not been shaved in about two
weeks The three clubs were all bloody.
The man had been dead for seven days. His
pockets had been searched. A bunch Of
keys was found on the bed by him. A bot
tie OF chloroform, key-hole syringe and
two chisels we're found In his vaiise: also a
copy OF the Carroll County Times, slightly
torn, as If the name Of the subscriber had
been torn eff. Some pieces of paper were
found in lis shoes with the name J. B. COL
Inns written on one The negroes are in
jail