The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-25

dence CONNECTED with the recent Perdue
lyncning. When confronted before that
body he denied the nrst story, saying the
party be met on the morning OF the de-
piorahle tragedy were hunters. and not
men who participated I'm the killing. Il
is cOuJectured that Gray. being in Jeop-
ardy or his life. told different tale,
Tom Iompkins, a cOlOred man, was con-
Nicted OF murder and sentenced TO lie
imprisonment for killing another negro.
The tragedy was enacted over eight year s
ago, but TOmpkins was not apprehended
until snort time ago, near the scene
OF his crime.
Gov. Atkinson has given twenty-one
convicts a Christmas present i'm the shape
Of pardon. The lucky men are. Renee
Jackson, negro. murder. Sumter county
sam Mapp. negro. assault with intent to
murder. Newton county; Nathan Billings,
Bihb county, simple larceny, John Brown,
Fulton county, burglary john Byrd. Bar
tow county, burglary; Ebert McGauge,
Spaldlng county murder Gus Snarp,
Barlow county burglary; Charles Wool
folk. Jr., Decatur county, burglary; HO-
mer Galsby, Laurens county, larceny from
county, kidnaping; VIII Mays. Barlow
county. manslaughter; Charley Hyde,
Dawson county, misdemeanor; Taylor
EzzaN; Preston Brooks. larceny after
trust, Macon county: Henry Long, JET
fersOn county burglary; Alfred Ponder
son, Towns county. murder; John Adams,
Dodge county burglary; Tom Wilson,
Liberty county, accessory to murder; Tom
Trammel, TrOup county, arson; Joe Wat
son, Oglethorpe county. perjury. Clayton
Aaron, Terrell county, burglary.
Mai. W. II. Renfroe Of Cartersville is
the owner of a very fine setter he valued
at about S15, while Mrs RenfrOe owns
a very handsome and valuable Jersey cow
OF late ii has been noticed by the family
that the dog and the COW had the warm
est attachment for each other; IN Iact,
so great that tne Two seemed .s.sep3ranie
The dog was at the cows SIDE all DAY
long wherever she went, giving up ms
hunting prOciivities in order TO pursue MS
devotion to his bovine companion, ana
when she lay down to rest at night put
his devoted head on her side and there
took his nocturnal snOOZe. railing on IN
the quantity of milk the COW gave and
the bulging out sides of the dog could not
at first be OWNED, the rauons OF one being
increased and the other curtailed, until
the two facts above stated were put to-
gether. Then the dog was watched. About
the time for his wOnted meal he was
observed to go to the cows SIDE, and
placing one of the teats in his mouth he
began to draw the tactical fluid regular
calf fashion. The dog was fought away
from the cows side with a club, but no
beating seemed violent enough to prevent
his immediate return until now the dog
is chained TO keep them apart.
Prof Thomas r. Rogers, first assist
ant of the Tennille High School, and Prof.
Dick Powell, principal of Tennille High
School had a fight Thursday morning.
Mr.. Rogers was elected last summer, anu
so far as known had given entire salts
faction to the board Of trustees and 10
the patrons of the school 1t is claimed
by friends of Prof. Rogers that Mr.. Powell
has been at work for the past few months
working on a scheme to put Mr.. Rogers
out in order to put in one of his friends.
The origin of the trouble between Mr..
Rogers and Mr. Powell is this: Powell
went to Rogers Tuesday afternoon and
told him that the trustees were going to
have a meeting that night and that he
(Rogers) was not giving satisfaction to
the trustees, and that he would advise
him as a friend to put in his resignation
and save trouble. This mislead Rogers,
making him think that If he did not re
sign his resignation would be called for.
Rogers put in his resignation and next
morning he began an investigation. Con-
vincing himself that Powell had put a
Job on him, Thursday morning Mr.. Rog-
ers went up to the school house and
told Mr.. Powell that he had lied to him
in his conversation the day before. Powell
offered resistance and Rogers knocked
him down. The board of trustees has
taken the matter up.