Schley County  Georgia Newspaper   1902 (Lewis Hill - Man Hobbs)

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Schley County News 06/26/1902 Vol. XII, No 27 
 
Murray News 
On last Wednesday night some one broke in Mr. Lewis Hill's
mill house and took there from about two bushels corn and
one of meal.  Next morning Mr. Hill missed the corn, looked
about and found a fresh track that had been made during the
early part of the night.  So he went for L. N. Hill who
managed to keep on the track until he reached the plantation
of Mr. Darling Lawhorn a mile or so away; there Mr. Lawhorn
joined in the search, and from the evidence at the trail he
is equal to any blood hound, so they followed it about two
miles further right straight up to Man Hobb's house, which
they searched and found some corn and meal.  Mr. Hill came
down and swore out a warrant for Man and the commitment
trial was held, four witnesses testified for the state and
then Man was allowed to make his statement, which was as
follows: 

"Now, I jest tel you Mr. Jedge that dar is lots ob mean
peoples up dar on Sedar Creek sides Man Hobbs, dey will do
all sos mean things, and the people jast  say dat Man Hobbs
am de N (N word used in article) whut done all dis.  Nother
thing I wants to call your tention to, is day Man Hobbs am
not de only gemerman up dar our of corn, case dar is Walter
Stewart, Eli Lightner, Jim Downs, and all dem Brewers is out
of corn and Capen Eli Stwart aint had none since May.  Still
ebry thing mean dats done up dar dey hops rite on Man Hobbs,
and say he done it." 

Now it might be best for those fellows over there to get
together and have a talk with Man, in order to get him to
hold up on them or they might get in trouble. 

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