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The Crawford Coanty Herald,
KNOXVILLE, GEORGIA.
W. J. McAFEE, Editor and Proprietor,
SUBSCRIPTION. *1.00 PER YEAH
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THE CRA WFORD COUNTY HERALD.
Hoiv it is Being Received by the
People.
A short time ago the first edition of
this paper was issued and mailed gra
tuilously to the citizens of Crawford
county, and numbers of copies of suc¬
ceeding issues have been distributed in
the same manner. The editor of the
Heiiai.d has made little or no effort to
secure subscribers and other patronage
for the paper, as he has had no inclina¬
tion to solicit the patronage of the citi¬
zens of Crawford county, and ask their
support to such an enterprise until the
paper had been established and they
could have something to which they
could subscribe. Considerable expense
has been incurred in thus establishing
(ho paper, but from the beginning the
editor has had an abiding confidence in
our people, and has gone on with the
work in the belief that his efforts to
furnish them with a home paper w'ould
receive their encouragement and be duly
appreciated by them. In this we have
not been disappointed. From many of
the citizens of (he county, we have re-
ceived words of congratulation, and
their assurance that they were ready to
do whatever could be done to extend the
circulation of the paper ia their respect¬
ive communities. As we anticipated,
there is every evidence that the people
si a in sympathy with the undertaking,
and have clearly shown a disposition to
give to the paper their unreserved sup¬
port. They say to us that they see no
reason now why Crawford county can
not have as good a paper as any other
section. This is the proper view to take
of (lie matter. There is no reason for it
to be otherwise, feo far as we are able to
judge, Crawford county needs a newspa¬
per that will be devoted, first of all, to
the public welfare and general interests
of all ber people, and not one conducted
in a selfish and partisan spirit. The
light k>nd of a paper, conducted on
right principles and with the co-oj »ra-
tion cf all the citizens of the comity,
would no doubt prove a public benefit.
This, so far as we may be able to make it
so, will be the mission of the Herald.
Our Correspondents.
Several communities in different sec¬
tion.': of our county are represented iu the
Herald this week. We hope to be able,
within a short while to complete our list
of correspondents throughout the county,
and thus give our people a medium of
communication with each other every
week. We desire to say to our corres¬
pondents that their communications to the
Herald are duly appreciated,and that all
necessary diligence will be exercised to
luve what they write for the paper appear
in sat isfactory and creditable shape for
our readers.
The Reason Why.
' T( is said some of the Indies of our
community have assigned as a reason for
the threatening prospect for the fruit
crop from the cob! weather, that such
quantities of last year's peaches were
converted into brandy that the Hand of
Providence will have something to do
xvifh blighting the prospects for its repe¬
tition the present year. Just like the
Indies. It seems to be one of their prom¬
inent characteristics to be always found
advocating the right. Perhaps this is
w*iy they usually succeed in contributing
so materially to the pleasure and happi-
n ss of the home.
; It seems that Russia anticipates some
trouble with China. A prolonged mili¬
tary council was held recently at St.
Petersburg and discussed plans for Rus¬
sian operations in the event of war on
the Chinese frontier. Two uncles of the
Czsr, all the Grand Dukes, and the most
eminent officers of the army were present.
At the calling of the muster rolls on
the re-opening of the Vienna schools a
remarkable fact came to light. Nearly
all the scholars had suffered from influ¬
enza during the holidays, but not one
was reported to have died. On the other
Laud, live teachers have succumbed. The
only possible explanation of this appears
to be—what many medical men have as¬
serted—that influenza is very seldom dan¬
to children. '
gerous
OB THE EIGHT LINE.
A Suggestive Remark that Would
Serve as a Good Motto.
In the course of a general conversation
a few days ago in Knoxville, one of our
prominent citizens gave utterance to a
remark, the sum and substance of which
was that if he possessed a fortune, some¬
thing like seventy-five or a hundred
thousand dollars, the first thing he would
undertake would be the erection of a
couple of handsome church buildings,
and another fine building with modern
improvements for school purposes in this
town. And then, as evidence that there
would be no spirit of selfishness ia this
voluntary distribution and donation to
the public welfare in favor of Knoxville,
he added that the next thing on his pro¬
gramme would be to provide for the ed¬
ucation of all the children in Crawford
county who,from lack of means or oppor¬
tunity, are unable to attend school.
This, if it were possible, would cer¬
tainly be a most desirable and commend¬
able work; and, fora beginning, we can
not conceive how it could be very well
improved upon. like condi¬
While we believe, under
tions, Crawford county will compare fa¬
vorably with any of her sister counties
in regard to her educational facilities,
we suppose it will hardly be questioned,
as elsewhere there is room for improve¬
ment in this direction.
We have not given place in the Her¬
ald for the remark above alluded to with
any thought of indulging in a discussion
of impossibilities, as, of course, none of
our citizens here are possessed of what
might be termed a fortune as regards
money matters. But the sentiment met
with a hearty approval from all present,
and others expressed themselves as be¬
ing not only iu sympathy with such
ideas, but that they were in favor of
compulsory education. But the object
in view is to show the unusual interest
in educational matters among our peo¬
ple, for it is evident that many of them
evince| a more lively interest than for¬
merly in the mental welware and prog¬
ress of their children. They are begin¬
ning to realize more than] ever before
the absolute necessity of bestowing upon
them a liberal and practical education.
It is also encouraging to note the fact
that interest in this important question is
not confined only to the town, but upon
inquiry it will be found that it extends
to and pervades every community in the
county.
Crawford county schools, as a rule, are
perhaps better attended and there is
more zeal and energy manifested by the
teachers and people in this matter of
education than for a number of years
past. New and improved methods of
teaching are being introduced iu our
■chools and it may not be unreasonable to
entertain the hope and belief that at no
distant day the cause of education in
Crawford county will receive the encour¬
agement and enthusiastic support to
which, from its importance, it is justly
entitled, and the standard of excellence
that would be ccnducive to the most sat¬
isfactory results.
The lot of King Li Hi of Corea is not
a happy one. The King has of late
shown great preference for all American
ideas and inventions, and it has been his
aim to rid himself of the supervision empire, and of
China, the neighboring indepenpent great sovereign.
to become an
This has made him very subjects, unpopular for there with
a large number of his
is a strong pro-Chinese party in Corea.
Since the signing of the treaty with the
United States in 1884 the Chinese party
has made li Hi's existence miser.,
The King's efforts to enter into indepen-
dent relations with the various Western
nations and open his country to trade
have greatly angered Ills opponents. Ad-
vices just received from China show that
the mass of the people in Corea have been
hi 1
SS^aTTtL: Tr:. "tit;
named Ko. A conspiracy to assassinat#
the King, which was discovered lately, it
is said, has ramifications throughout all
Corea, and several ministers of State r~: are
implicated. King Li Hi is 39 years old.
and, though intelligent, is not a intrigues particu-
larly able man. Some of the
ptTaee 1 hilU hUV ° StartCd iC ^ °' VU
KEPORTS ABOUT HIS SUIT.
She— 1 \ here tin vou get vour suits
from, Mr. 1).?
lie—That is a strauge question.
From the tailor, of course. Why do vou
ask ?
SUe_Oh. they're generally so “loud;”
1 thought you might get them from Hie
gun-smith’s.
them. He—Yes; I’ve heard reports about
one doesn’t always look one’s best.
“What do vou think of Miss Love¬
lorn ?”
“She looks better in her photograph 1
than in her mirror.”
NEW MEXICO.
How It Came to be Annexed to
the United States.
lts Mixed p opulation D f Spanish
and j nd j anS
The Territory now known as New
Mexico was conquered by the Spiniards
a liitle more than three centuries ago.
^No portion of our couutry bears so re -
markably the stamp of antiq uity as
does New Mexico. Its chief c.ty, San-
fa Fe, is said to be the oldest in the
United States,
After the war with Mexico, its Gov¬
ernment ceded to us in 1848 a tract of
country which originally comprised
Arizona and Southern Colorado. The
present area of New Mexico is 122, 460
square miles. Tus whole number of
New Mexicans in the United. States is
estimated at 300,000.
Two entirely distinct races inhabit
the Territory, and these people have an
interesting history. The original pos¬
sessors of the land were Indians, sup¬
posed to be descended from the Aztecs,
or cliff dwellers.
“The Spanish took possession of
their country one hundred years before
the Pilgrim Fathers set their feet on
the shores of New England. The Puri¬
tans and Pilgrims, the Dutch and the
Quakers did not come for conquest;
they came seeking freedom to worship
God.
< i The Spaniards came for eon quest
and gold; and the old fortress of San
Marco, at St. Augustine, built entirely
by the labor of Indian slaves, makes a
strong contrast with the work of all
the other colonists just named, who set¬
tled along the Atlantic coast.”
The present population of New Mexi¬
co consists of a few families of pure
Spanish blood, and the Pueblo Indians,
but the largest portion is of mixed
Spanish and Indian blood.
These Indians were tillers of the soil,
and not nomadic. The Spaniards, hav¬
ing learned that their lands were fer¬
tile, and that mineral deposits of gold
and silver had been found, determined
to seize this wealth and enslave the In¬
dians. Having succeeded in this, they
subjected the people to abject slavery,
and treated them with such cruelty that
bloody revolts were the consequence.
This wronged people partially regained
their freedom, but were reduced in eon-
sequence to the deepest poverty and
degradation.
In the mountains near Santa Fe there
were gold, silver and copper mines, and
as the Spaniards, who ruled the coun-
try, could not wrest treasure from the
natives, they forced them to dig and
mine and smelt metais with (he crudest
appliances. When, after years of toil,
the fo:eign yoke became unbearable,
“secretly, and with the utmost caution,
the overthrow of the oppressors was
planned. Swift runners traveled by
hidden paths, iu the depths of night,
from town to town, laid the case of
their people before their council of war-
riors and wise men, and each Pueblo
that joined the conspiracy added a
knot to a string the messengers car-
ried.
“At last all was ready, a great blow
was to be struck for liberty, and one
(hat would drive the hated Spaniards
from the home of the Pueblo. One
night during August, 1680, the signal °
e . the , land
Z™ Tf. ieir raessa S e across
[ lom Ioft ^ “ountam-tops and the hour
bad struck. The strangers’rule received
it, death-bio^-oa that night, and th-
laat s _ anlaicl .
’ J many a va ‘ P
bX ZTZ :',."°;t ‘"T™
^
anti * e * before their altars, to which
they fled for safety.” The Indians
effectually closed the onenino-s P ° to ° the ne
mines that they had worked, and oblit-
j erated a ^ traces of shafts and tunnels,
But their independence was of short
duration. Don Diego de Vargas Sapa-
tahiyan soon appeared before Santa Fe
and once more subjugated the town,
the Pueblos seeking shelter in the
mountains and in the ruins left by the
cdff-builders; but they were pursued,
and again compelled to labor as peons
(serfs). But although prior to 16S0
the mme • near San o Lazaro T had J^lded
good riches, only fourteen years later
several expeditions failed to discover an
entrance to it, and today its site ii un-
known. About 1700 A. D., Santa Fe
bein g settled by Spaniards, became the
great trading traa, “3 city city of °t the the South Southwest. wet It Tt
» describe! as an antiquated place, “a
delightful place ia which to rest and
grow old without knowing it.”
The surrounding country gives evi¬
dence that the ‘ ‘silver fever of the «old
Spaniards,” still burns in the veins of
their successors, for holes and shafts
and tunnels ruay be seen in the earth,
and rock out of which “some silver and
lead have come, gold and copper out of
others, disappointment out of the ma¬
jority .”—New York Observer.
Not Tall Enough.
History has recorded that a foreign
princess to whom Heury VIII. of Eng¬
land offered his hand in marriage sent
back the pointed answer that “if she
had had two heads she would gladly
have placed one of them at his Majesty’s
disposal.” This allusion to the fate of
Anne Boleyn and Katherine Howard
was a good specimen of the epigram¬
matic smartness of that period; but,
says Mr. David Kerr, an equally
creditable performance has been fur¬
nished by our own age.
Just at the time when vague reports
were beginning to creep abroad that
Germany was meditating a fresh ex¬
tension of her frontier at the expense
of Holland, a Dutch official of high
rank happened to be visiting the court
of Berlin, where he was handsomely
entertained. Among other spectacles
got up to amuse him, a review was or¬
ganized at Potsdam.
“What does your Excillency think
of our soldiers?” asked Prince Bis¬
marck, as one of the regiments came
marching past in admirable order.
“They look as if they knew how to
fight,” remarked the visitor, gravely;
“but they are not quite tall enough.”
The prince looked rather surprised at
this disparaging criticism, lie nude
no answer, how'ever, and several other
regiments filed past in succession; but
the Dutchman’s verdict upon each and
all was still the same: “Not tall
enough. ’
At length the Grenadiers of the
Guard made their appearance—a mag¬
nificent body of veterans, big and
stalwart enough to have satisfied even
the giant-loving father of Frederick
the Great; but the inexorable critic
merely said, “Fine soldiers, but not
tall enough.”
Then Prince Bismarck fairly lost
patience and rejoined, somewhat
sharply, “These grenadiers are the
finest men in our whole army; may 1
ask what your Excellency is please l to
mean by saying that they are not tall
enough?”
The Dutchman looked him full in
the face and replied, with significant
emphasis, “I mean that we can flood
our country twelve feet deep.”
The Haunted Pitcher.
About five miles from Aiken, S. C.,
on the Chaileston dirt road, and in
sight of the railway, is a little place
that was first christened Polecat, but
afterwards changed to Montmorenci,
tha French for that odorous little ani¬
mal. Many years ago a young woman
came with her pitcher to draw s
bucket of Mater from a well at Mont-
morenci, and set the vessel back in the
hollowed top of a stone post that soma
of the railroad men had moved there.
While drawing water a flash of light-
ning caine and struck the chain to which
the well bucket was attached and the
\oman „ was killed i -ii i in her tracks. , Her
remains were removed, but the pitcher
was left . .. just . where , the , dead , , girl had
set it To this day the nitcher remains
in tbe same place> aQ<1 gQ faf ff0m bei[K ,
ro I m T. n ™] o T ; s » ld •, th “‘ . »>. living
’ °
band has ever touched it save its own.
er’s, although near the side of the nub-
! ic r* **" T —‘ " woadcr “ i ,i ,0 i ti„ng the
" ‘ ,up<a ac
pitcher. There is an indescribable in-
j nuenee surrounding ,. it that prevents its
being touched.
Hundreds of psopb have gone with
the firm determination of lifting the
pitcher, but when tliay approach it a
strange repugnance comes over them,
and they hurriedly depart without car-
rying out the object of their visit.
One night a bully in the neighborhood
while undir the influence of whisky
made a bet with some friends that he
would go and bring back the pitchct-.
II<! ir left , ,0 d , ° 3 ». »»»■> burned
49 P aIe 13 a sheet and empty P 7 handed ’
4 , R „ , o person alive
’ ’
^ wouldn !* 7 . t attempt ° a it that again pitcher for the * and whole 1
of Aiken County.” He refused to tell
his . and , said .. , he would not
experience
. tal v fl ut Jt * Other parties .. . have gone
to see it, . but met with the same repul-
sive feelings.— Athens (Ga.) Banner.
ALLIANCE
WIT A T THE ORDER AND ITS
MEMBERS ARE DOING.
ITEMS OP INTEREST TO THE FARMER,
GATHERED FROM VARIOUS SECTIONS
OF THE COUNTRY.
The Mississippi Farmers’ Winona. Alliance has
$8,562.60 in bank at
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C. S. Meadows, Alliance hog of Wrightsville, that Ga.
pounds, killed an and sold for $43.86. weighed 572
i
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The Polk County (Ga.) Alliance hav f
completed a substantial stone building a;
Rockmart for their Alliance store.
An Alliance bank is being establishes
at Arnericus, Ga., exclusively of member]
of the order for Alliance purposes.
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The Farmers’ and Laborers’ Union o|
France do not meddle in co-operative politics. Thei
devote their work to and
technical matters.
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A member of a sub-Alliance in Col; \
county, Ga., has been expelled ginned for usiu
jute, and having his cotton whei '
the ginner used jute.
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The offensive and defensive alliano i
of the Farmers’ State grange and Knight
of Labor, in Kansas ‘ masses the influent,'
of 125,000 members.
** * of Edgefield
The Farmers’ Alliance, establish
county, S. C., has determined to
a Farmers’ Alliance Bank, to
at some railroad point m the county
The shares are fixed at each, to b
paid in five annual installments.
■*: * throngl
A few men join the Alliance the!
speculative motives, and because benefittel
can’t feel themselves financially mel
all at once, they kick out. speculators! Such
ought to stay out among the
for they are not fit for Alliancemen.
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The Plain Speaker, of Orangeburg, I
0., reports that State Superintendent National AlliJ T,
E. Pratt, of the Colorado goocl
ance, is delivering addresses full of varioid
advice to the sub-Alliances iu
parts of the State, and the negro farmers
appear to be benefitted by his advice.
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% Greenville,
A business man ia S. C.,
who dealt largely last year with members
of the Alliance through arrangements
made with the County Business Agent, re¬
marked a few days ago that of more than
$18,000 worth of goods sold less on than time $1001 to
Alliancemen, there was
past due and unpaid, and he oonsidereii
every dollar of that amount perfectly]
good.
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It would be a shame upon the part 08
those who have gone into the Alliance to
fail to carry out their obligations. Lit
each member ask himself this question:
“If every member of the Alliance should
act as 1 do, w r ould it be a success ?” If
you are one of those weak-kneed sort yog
will have to give it up as a failure. Thei beil
why will you just merely pretend to thing!
thing ? If you are going to be a l
be it, and if not, then make no preteu
tions. —Buchanan Messenger.
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The attempt being made by * rd pro j
ducers to put a tax upon the co £ measunl pound
or cotton oil lard, is an unjust I
and should be defeated. The alleged sup [
port of Southern Alliancemen to will this
measure is false. They are perfectly larJ
ling that manufacturers of compound
should be made to put an unmistakably
brand upon it, so that the people mau
know what they are using, and compound! may b<
able to see the superiority of so-called pure!
or cotton oil lard over the I
lard; but they will never favor this being! pro
duct bearing a special tax and
driven out of the market.
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The following adopted preamble by the DeKalb, and resolu-
>ns were coun¬
ty, Ga., Alliance:
Whereas, The alliance movement is not
designed to advance the interest of one
man, or of a few men, but of doing ami the
g rea Whereas, test good to the greatest apolitical number orgaui ;
It is not oil
zation, after tbe “loaves and fishes giander.l
office ’ and higher the “spoils,” but and
nobler and in its aims pur¬
poses, with the motto flying at its masta with!
head “principles not men,” but men
principles in unison with ours.
Resolved, That while there is no in¬
hibition on the members of the Alliance^ offieei
from running for or accepting fellow-citizens, any
within the gift of their that] |
we unhesitatingly condemn the idea ofl
any office of the alliance can use that
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flee o to the advancing . of ... his private . po of-j
litical ends and his candidacy for any drawl
flee from bailiff to governor; that we thei
the line between a man bearing aloft foil
alliance banner as its chosen champion anti
the. advancement of its principles, step!
one simply using the and alliance as a
ping stone to place power. sueM
Resolved, That we condemn any actioaj
practice and deprecate any such
tending to corrupt and degrade out
movement.
THE TEN HOUR SYSTEM
DOES NOT WORK WELL IN THE VIRGIN V
COTTON FACTORIES. 'M
A . special ... from Petersburg, Va., Ettric! says
300 operatives employed factories in the refused!.
and Batt ^ 8 « a cotton
wor h . ° a account of the ten-hour system,
WeD J int ® e 5 ect j Q Virginia oj
Monday and a reduction of ten per tea th|
on their wages. It is believed that
hands in all the cotton factories in aitij
near Petersburg will strike on account el
this new system, and the consequent re]
duetjoa of ten per cent on their wages.