The morning news., 1894-10-22

to sell meat coffee, sugar and other ar
ticles at remarkably low prices 10 men,
bers of clubs that Parker was to "or-
ganize" The membership fee is So but if
a prospective member does not have that
amount one dollar, fifty cents, or even a
quarter suffices. 1t was a land agent bus
mess for Parker and his pals, who
worked II for all it was worth. Another
feature Of the game was the drawing
contest" wherein the dupe paid some
stated amount for numbered card. with
the unders tanding that he stood a chance
Of drawing $50 or 800 from "the House Of
Baltimore" To better carry out the de-
ception confederate 500 bills were ex-
hibited to the suckers.
Canton Advance: A few weeks ago a
Mr.. Woody came to Canton pushing his
worldly goods before him on a cart, a wo-
man and baby following closely behind
They found shelter in the suburbs of Can
ton and by the help Of the people were get
ting along fairly well. Sunday last Mr..
Woody made such a transformation in his
dress from dirty raiment to cleaner ap-
parel that even small children noted the
change; but 1t appears he dressed,
whether unconsciously or not we do not
know to receive another wife, for that
afternoon, while trudging along the rail-
road, wife No. 2, or, perhaps, No. l, with
five children, espied Mr.. Woody, the OBJ
ject Of her long and wearisome search,
and at once went to him to share with
wife No. the Companonship, provident
care and protection of Woody, who had
sworn to have honor and obey and her
only to love so long as they should live.
Usually one wife is enough for a man,
but Husband Woody was master Of the
situation and husbanded his resources
and membranes with brilliant general
ship. He succeeded so well in reconciling
the two women that they bundled their
goods together and, consented to follow
him whithersoever dame fortune should
direct the caravan. Husband Woody,
with two wives and six children, left for
Roswell Monday morning We know moth
ing of their past history, but it is under
stood they were from Murray county
Harris superior court, which has been
in session for the past two weeks in Ham
llton, has adjourned. On Monday a ne
gro, Vic Boddie. was tried for murder
There were three eye-witnesses to the
crime-Walter Boddie, Laurence Boddie
and Jessie Emanuel-and in the coroner's
inquest, in the commitment trial, and be-
fore the grand jury these witnesses made
1t out a clear case of murder for which
che man was indicted and committed to
jail. They testified that the murdered
man had made no attack upon Vic Boddie,
and had no weapon in his hand at the
time, Yet strange to relate when they ap-
peared in the trial Monday each told far
different story, and instead of a cold
blooded murder il was a killing in self-de-
Tense. They stated that the murdered
man had attacked Boddie with knife,
and that the latter had killed him in self
defense. Immediately after they had fin
.ished testifying the solicitor ordered the
sheriff to place them under arrest, and in
thirty minutes afterwards the grand jury,
which was then in session, had indicted
them for perjury. OF course this being
the only testimony, Boddie was acquitted
by their perjury. After the three Witness
es had been placed in Jail they sang, pat
ted and danced for JOY over the acquittal
of the murderer Two days after this
they were taken from jail, tried for per-
jury, found guilty and each sentenced to
i've years in the penitentiary. When they
gain reached their cells hey sang no
more, but instead lifted up their voices in
lamentation loud; broke down and con-
fessed the plot that had been arranged
between them to clear by false swearing
their relative Vic Boddie. All three are
able-bodied young negroes, and claim to
have been persuaded to perjure them
selves by two other relatives of the muir
derer. The negro, ,Boddie, who was gamb-
| ling at the time he did the killing, is now
held for that offense, and will probably
get sentenc for that offense.