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KILLED A X EG BO.1 -i On Wednesday night last be-; tween sundown and dark Mr. James Pate, a yaung man seventeen years old, son of Mr. John S. Pate of Cordele, had a difficulty with a negro, Dave Pooler by name and after being struck over the head a time or two struck the negro with his knife and killed him.Mr. Pate was down on his fath-j er’s plantation at Pateville look-I ing after his father's business, especially after the gin. After they quit work on Wednesday night Mr. Pate said something to Dave, who i«red the gin engine, about the way he was doing his work. One word brought on another and the negro struck him with a stick-cutting through his hat and mak-| ing a gash in his head Mr Pate i turned to get something to defend himself with and got another lick across the shoulder, when he pulled his knife and slashed the negro across the arm. As the negro struck again he cut a gash across the negro’s right breast that penetrated his heart and he fell dead.Everybody sympathizes deeply with the young man and his family over the unfortunate occur-rence
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Vienna Progress
Vienna, Georgia, US
Tue, Sep 26, 1893
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