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LOCALS.
Misses Minnie More and Beulah Wright
visited Ceres last week.
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Williams vis’ted
relatives and friends in town last week.
Mr. Casper Wright, of White Plains,
Ga.. is visiting relatives and friends in
Knoxville.
Mr. Tom Pierce and his bride visited
the family of his brother, Mr. C. X.
Pierce, one or two days this week.
We regret to learn of the death of Mr.
Julius Parham, of Houston county. He
was struck by lightning last Saturday
and instantly killed.
A crowd of voung ladies and
gentlemen enjoyed a pleasant socia¬
ble at the residence of Mr. J. W. Blasin-
gamc last Tuesday evening.
Several families in Knoxville have sown
Btheir gardens the third time this scasoD.
■ Such gardeners are certainly blessed with
■the gift of perseverance, if not with
Band ■ vegetables. However, they are looking
hoping for the good time coming.
Some of our Knoxville ladies have
■ recently been trying their luek with the
line," and no doubt will be
■ found fishing again soon, as a party of
■ eight or ten succeeded in capturing and
■bringing home four a turtle which before weighed being
less than ounces
for the table.
In our report of the marriage at the res-
—idenee ■ of Mr. and Mrs. F. H. AY right,
appeared inadvertently in The Herald omitted of last
we one of
ft he most enjoyable features connected
with the same. We refer to the excellent
supper provided and the appetizing man¬
ner in which it was arranged. It is not
often that a more tempting and palatable
array of good things are gotten together.
Besides an abundance of fruits and other
more substantial edibles, the guests were
served with several varieties of cake, some
of which were tastefully and handsomely
decorated.
Roll of Honor
Prof. Power has instituted a roll of
honor in his school, the conditions upon
which the name of a pupil can be en¬
tered upon the roll being that they do not
miss more than one word in the recita-
hions during the week and that they are
We not to be caught talking during study
nours.
I Following is a list of the names for the
‘ week:
Wilson Wright.
Thaddie Matthews.
George Nolan,
Clara Long.
I Homer Grace.
Lizzie Bryant.
| [ Robt. C. Champion.
Lena Andrews.
Hiram McCrary.
I Frankie J, Wright.
Paul Jones.
| Kizzie Lillias Jack. Lowe.
Hattie Hicks.
Lizzie Jones.
Holton Matthews.
A Slight Mistake.
A young man of this county, who was
married not long since, did not seem to
Save been accustomed to arrange his toi-
pet for such an occasion, or it may have
omi that he was just a little absent mind-
kd at the time, which we supjiose would
p>e sufficient reason for his very queer act-
png under the circumstances.
He seemed to be afraid that he would
P ot S ct there in time to be married, and
was himself moving around at a lively rate getting his
in readiness. Reaching for
hat. and steppiug to the mirror to adjust
’hat ms collar, he found to his amazement
his glossy shirt front, which had been
gotten up especially for the weddiug. was
nowhere to be seen. Upon examination.
it was discovered that either the garment
<>r mmself was facing in the wrong direc¬
tion; and speedily reversing matters to
?°me extent he went on his wav rejoic-
insr. •
Official Announcement
Gcorgia, Crawford County—From and
after this date the legal advertisements
belonging our respective officer,
* ept those inserted in the Fort Valley
| faterprue) will be published in the
| raw-ford Countv Herald, a newspaper
>w J lwifwT cmg published ; in said j county of .
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O. P. Wright, Ordinary.
B. A. Hartley, Sheriff.
March 24th. 1890.
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Married.
At the store of Wright A Allen, in
xnoxville, Ga., on Saturday last, at
icven o'clock, Mr. M. — W. Conner was
7?*? 1 SpiUens . officiating. MatGe E. Kellum. Judge
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KNOXVILLE, CRAWFORD CO., GA., THURSDAY. MARCH27, 1890.
FROM THE SIXTH DISTRICT.
The Farmers—EfTects of the Cold —
Schools--Sickness--On a
Deer Hunt.
In the vicinity of Joyner’s, Taylor’s
and Hartley’s stores, I beg leave to sub¬
mit a statement as to the status of the
crops the past year.
I would say, in the first instance, that
the lands of this section are hardly as
good as the average lands of south Geor¬
gia. Nevertheless, there are some fine
farms. The farmers in this section are
energetic and persevering, so to speak,
and are well pleased with the results of
last year. There were mado in the dis¬
trict last year fully 1,000 bales of cotton.
Corn crops were something above an av-
erage. Our farmers all endeavor to raise
plenty of corn and meat to supply the
farm. Much attention is paid to the
ground pea crop, and nearly a sufficiency
of them were raised the past year by
nian J °f our planters to fatten all their
P or k* °* which there was a goodly
amount saved.
In view of these facts, the farmers have
taken new courage and gone to work in
good earnest. March has
The cold weather during the fall
done a great deal of damage to
and spring oats. The damaged, peach crop think for
this year is badly I
nearly a failure. Corn that was planted
in Februiry is injured to some extent,and
a few parties have plowed up and plant¬
ed over. Preparations for planting down cot¬
ton are in order. Some arc putting
guauo, of which there is more used in
this section than any year since the war.
Heavy manuring and proper cultivation
are the conclusions of farmers to obtain
good results. All are trying to econo¬
mise. to make the farm self-sustaining.
We have a number of schools, both
white and colored, apparently in good
condition.
The health of this section has not been
good for the past month. Mr. T. C.
Newberry has lost two of his children
recently, and others are very sick.
I wish to state that we have some par¬
ties near by who aie anxious to kill a
deer. Among them is professional
hunter. They all went a few days ago,
and having taken stands, this old
hunter and a young man were together
on the lookout for the deer. As the old
hunter was lighting his pipe, the deer
suddenly came bounding along and
came very near running over both of
them. The young man bred as the deer
bounded away, while the old hunter
gazed after him in astonishment. When
asked why he did not kill the deer, he
said he could not think of it. Upon ex¬
amination it was found that the shot fired
by the young man ranged about fifteen
feet above the deer. SCBSCKIHER.
Grand Jury Presentments.
Georgia, Crawford County:— We,
the grand jury, chosen, selected and
sworn for the March Terra of 1890, beg
leave to make the following report:
On examination of the different offi-
cer's books of the county by committee
appointed by foreman, we find as fol-
lows:
The books of Ordinary. Clerk Supe-
r jor Court, County Commissioners,Treas-
urer aa d Sheriff, are as follows:
Ordinary's books we'find correct;
books of Clerk Superior Court, and the correct; books
books of Sheriff correct,
of County Treasurer cjrrect; and find
the funds as follows:
Amount paid to Treasurer by Tax Col-
lector for the past year to be $5,60k 94.
'We find error in Digest $94.11; ip., ol-
V ent list, $4.48. Amount of polls lev-
i e d, $1,317.00. Amount of polls col-
lected not on Digest, $49.00. Paid to
County School Commissioners, $1,160.23.
Errors’ and insolvents. $110.00.
We find on hand, ia different funds,
as follows:
In Poor Fund, $347.79; in Jury Fund,
$306.69; in County Fund, $2,468.42;
making a total of $3,122.90.
AVe find proper vouchers for alimonies
paidjout.etc. AVe also find books of Coun-
! ty Commissioners correct, and stubs for
a * ” r ^* r8 ^ VL Tv.
. c i in
March Term, 1S89, $18-5.2.5; amount re-
ceived from State. $2,521.50; amount of
poll tax. $1,160.23; amount paid as per
voucher*. $3,341.71; amount on baud
March 18tb ltW . $525.27. The aver-
,
i age attendance of white student*, 650;
average attendance of Hack students,
; 266, making a total of 916 students.
I AVe have examined the different Jus-
i tice of Peace dockets and find them cor¬
rect. We recommend that the proper
authority furnish such Justices of the
Peace book* that are without such.
We find the roads in and throughout
the county in good condition.
AVe recommend the following named
persons to fill '.he vacancy now exist-
ing in the Board of Education: In Knox¬
ville district we recommend It. J. Les-
neur; in 6th district we jecommend Z.
T. Aultman; in 7th district we recom¬
mend L. A. McCarty. Commis¬
We recommend that the Road
sioners in the 7th district remove the
slabs on abutment at Clark’s mill at once
and put same in good public condition. buildings find
4jThe committee of
same in good condition.
We recommend the appointment of W.
F. Long in 577 G. M. district to fill the
office of Notary Public of said district.
We find that the petition of Malpass
<fe Bussey have not the amount of names
of freeholders to sell whiskey in accord¬
ance to law.
We also find, in our opinion, that the
petition of Hartly & Thames is illegal.
We also find petition of O. (’. Bateman
illegal. We find the petition complied of James with
Taylor illegal, not having
the two-third rule. We find that H. G.
Hardison has not complied with the law.
We find that the petition of L. W. Smith
is illegal. We find that the petition of the J.
S. McGee is illegal. We also find
petition of M. P. Reviere illegal. We
desire to call the attention of all engaged
in the sale of liquor in the county to the
amendment of the general law as to the
matter of obtaining license to sell in
quantities less than one gallon, as in our
judgment would be the charge of his
honor, Judge Miller. The petition to sell
in quantities less than one gallon have not
been properly made out according to law.
We recommend that our next Repre-
sentative and Senator in the Legislature
introduce or support a bill allowing the
members of the educational board two
dollars per day for actual services ren-
dered.
We take pleasure in referring to the
eminent judicial ability and the effective
executive methods of his Honor Judge
A. L. Miller, and in congratulating our in
county upon the fact that he is now
charge of the important functions of our
Superior Court. His ready and
thorough knowledge of the law
and his prompt, cogent and dig¬
nified method of discharging public husi-
ness, together with his unfailing constitute courtesy
to all connected with the court,
him a judge, whose services we deem to
be all that can be desired. We thank him
for his clear and comprehensive invaluable instruc¬
tions to us, which have been to
us in the discharge of our duties as grand
jurors. Felton tender
To Solicitor General we
our thanks for courtesies extended to our
body the present term, etc. W. Sanford.
B.
Foreman.
F. Danielly, Jeff. Davis,
H. D. McCrary, J. L. Marshall,
L. T. Jones. T. J. Martin,
Thomas Cochran. D. W. Sanders,
J. J. Britt, M. F. Perrv,
J. H. Joiner, H. C. White,
A. C. Sanders. J. L. Parsons,
S. II. Cause) - , S. M. Myrick,
A. J. Moats. J. A. Moore,
W. G. Hartley, W. P. Jordan,
J. X. Powell, J. W. Stroud,
Secretary.
NOTICE!
1 will be at the following places for re¬
ceiving tax returns for the present i>ear.
1890:
Tab#r-. 1st day of April on Tuesday.
Rogers. 2d “ • * W ednesday.
Sowell's 3rd “ “ Thursday.
Sandy Point. 4th “ “ Friday.
Knoxville 5th “ •• Saturday.
AYebb's 7th “ “ Monday.
Hammocks 8th “ “ Tuesday:
Beasley's 9th “ “ AA'ednesday.
R. H. KNIGHT.
Tax Receiver.
March 19th. 1890. tf
HAMMOCK S DISTRICT NOTES.
Corn Planting—Fruit—Personal. Etc.
March 21, 1890.
People up in here are about thiough
planting com, replanting their gardens,
etc., and would be forgetting the recent
freeze were it not for the death-like color
on their wheat and oats.
AVe have about despaired of fruit, and
believe most of the farmers are centering
their ho;>es on a cotton crop.
Miss Lizzie Hollis, of Macon, is visiting
our section, the guest of he* cousin, Miss
Julia Rutherford.
We are having rain to-day with con-
siderable hail. Hammo< es.
HER HANDS rat.
Excited Boy—Come on, quick! The
ould man is. b’atin’ the ould woman again.
Police Justice—Why don’t she come
herself if she wants to make a complaint
or have him arrested?
Excited Boy—She's too busy. She’*
got him down and is bumpin' his head oa
the flur.*.—ITexas Siftings.
HYMENIAL
Marriage of Mr. T. J. Price to Miss
Lochie Holmes.
On residence Wednesday evening of last week,
at the of Mr. Z. T. Huguley, of
Russelville. Monroe county, Ga.. Mr. T.
J. Pierce, of this county, was married to
Miss Lochie Holmes, Rev. W. C. Cleve¬
land officiating. by quite
The ceremony was witnessed
a number of friends and relatives of the
contracting tributing parties, many of them con¬
to the pleasures of the occasion
by presents to the newly wedded pair.
The following is a list, as we received
it. of the articles presented and the names
of the donors:
Mrs. A. L. Woodward, china set.
Dr. Dewberry, china cup and saucer.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugulev, set fur¬
niture.
Mr. W. R. Pierce, set silver spoons and
silver pepper boxes.
Mr. J. K. Blasingame. lace window-
curtains.
Mr. J. O. Holmes, Jersey pig.
Mr. A\ raney Blasingame, set goblets.
Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Pierce, set silver
knives and forks.
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Pierce, Marseilles
quilt and pair of pillows.
Mr. Johnnie Holmes, glass water set.
Mr. B. Z. Holmes, willow rocking
chair.
Misses Achcali Holloway, Minnie
Holmes and Ludi Blasingame. set of sil-
ver castors.
Mr. ,T. B. Blasingame, large lamp,
Mr. Charlie Sullivan, clock,
After the marriage the guests were
treated to an excellent supper, to which
all did ample justice,
On the follow ing day an in¬
fair was given at the home
of the enjoyable bridegroom, which attended, proved to be
very to all who
The best wishes of the Herald are for
their continuous prosperity and unalloyed
happiness,
CTTLLODEN CORRESPONDENCE,
Locating the Depot—Railroads and
ple—Fishing—Church Building.
Cello den, Ga., March 22, 1890.
Our little city is all “broke up” over
the loss, or prospect of losing the that M. & B.
R. R. depot. The managers of road
feel aggrieved at the exactions of certain
parties near our town, in their demands
for right-of-way, so much so in fact that
they have decided to locate their depot
about two miles above town. Such an
arrangement will scatter and divide the
interest and business of the town, and
strike a severe blow at its progress. We
hope the parties will consider the matter
in time, and give us the depot.
The greed of no man, or set of men,
should destroy the hope, or clog the pro¬
gress of a thriving town, and if they do,
they need expect nothing, but the lasting
censure and curses of its citizens. We
will yet acknowledge that railroads are
our great benefactors, and they are to-day
worse oppressed and swindled by the peo¬
ple than the people are by them.
The refusal to pay of the people help
gave their notes or promises to
the A. A 1’. road was a
swindle, and some of the very men
were parties to that swindle are the
exacting and critical at the road's
agement. Human nature is an
weak
A part of our fishing club went had over to
McCanse's Pond this week; pretty
fair luck, but some rogue stole twelve of
their nets.
Our new Baptist church is going up
and we hope to see it ready for the paint
soon. Simplex.
Good Enough, Yet Worthless.
A few days ago we heard a young man
making a statement that, among other
things of which he had been the happy
recipient from his friends on the occasion
of his recent marriage, was a couple of
large and excellent carving knives.
He says he does not object in the least
to this kind of cutlery, is glad to have
them—but the harrowing thought that
shrouds his soul in gloom i6 that he has
no turkeys or meats of any kind to can e.
The principal trouble stems to be that
none of his liberal-minded friends thought
to include in the list of marriage could presents lie
anything upon which the knives
used. another
And yet, at the marriage of
couple recently we notice that the bride
and bridegroom received as a present
from a very practical friend a pig—ex¬
actly what the other man needed to go
with his carving knives.
AVe respectfully suggest that the man
with the can’ing knives trade a Texas
pony for the pig, as he seems to have
more ponies than pigs, and his knives
would then become serviceable, while the
other could utilize the pony in hi** farm¬
ing operations.
YOL. I. NO. 6.
NOTES FROM WARRIOR.
Dr. Holley has gone to Texas.
The measles are raging between Ma¬
con and the Warrior.
Mr. Wm. Eubanks' wife and also his
son are getting well agaiu.
The M. A B. Railroad is progressing
finely through the Warrior.
Saturday's storm blew down a good
many garden fences along the road.
Mr. Ben Jones’ wife died on the 21st
—was brought to Bethel Church and
buried on the 22d.
Saturday's storm was very heady about
the six mile post on the Columbus road,
with wind, rain and hail.
Edd Carswell has left his wife and
gone to Texa®. She has returne'cl to her
father's, Mr. Charles McCardel.
Miss Minnie McCardel, of the Warrior,
is under the treatment of Dr. Carter, of
Macon, for her eyes. She has returned
home very much benefitted.
Mr. Joe McGee is overseeing the hands
at work oa the Columbus road at the Six
Mile Branch. There arc about eighty
convicts under his charge, and he h
leaving the road in splendid condition.
CERES CULLINGS.
Gardens, Sunday School, Marriage,
Personal.
Our citizens mourn the loss of their
garden vegetables which were killed by
the recent cold.
Every citizen in the county ought to
subscribe for the Herald.
Miss Minnie Moore, of Macon, and
Mrs. J. J. Williams, of Gaillard, paid our
town a visit last week.
At the residence of Mr. Z. T. Hugulev,
in Monroe county, on Wednesday even ¬
ing of last week, Mr. T. J. Pierce, of
Ceres, and Miss Lochie Holmes were uni¬
ted in marriage, Rev. W. C. Cleveland,
officiating. May their lives be long,
happy and useful.
Misses Beulah Wright and Minnie
Moore, of Macon, are visiting relatives in
our town.
We were about to boast of having air
•‘evergreen'' Sunday School when the
bleak March winds set in and almost
swept it away. But we hope the next
Sunday of warm- sunshine will bring it-
out with renewed energy. Charlie.
SANDY POINT PENCILINGS.
Sickness—Accident-Fikhing.
Sickness is prevailing in this region to
the discomfort of many, and to the injury
of school prospects.
Mr. W, K. Ewbank's wife and little
son are quite aick.
A son of Mr. James Smith, while out
at play, fell over a snag an<>hurt himself
badly one day this week ; not dangerously
however.
Mr. Thomas Holloman, near McElmur-
ray’s mill, has been quite lucky with hook
and line within the last few days, having
caught seventeen at one time, some of
them two pounders at that.
More aoon, K.
A DAMAGING STORM.
SWEEPS OVER SOUTH CAROLINA—SEVERA1
LIVES LOST.
A violent storm swept over the north
ern, western and central portions of South
Carolina Saturday afternoon. The loss ol
life was small, but several negroes were
killed in Sumter county, and a white man
in Union county, by falling houses. A
railroad bridge over Broad river, neat
Spartanburg, was blown clear from if**
piers,five minutes after a train had passed.
Many dwellings and stores lost roofs and
spires. A Baptist church in Sumter waf
blown down. Buildings were unroofed,
fences leveled, trees uprooted, and a Pres¬
byterian church destroyed in Chesfef
county. There was a severe blow, with
occasional damage to buildings in Flor¬
ence, Spartanburg,Newberry and Charles-
ton counties.
AN UNFORTUNATE MAYOR.
SIS DWELLING TWICE BURNED DOWN El
JUS POLITICAL ENEMIES.
•
For over a year there has been a bitter
war between the prohibition and anti-
prohition element in Colorado Springs,
Col. The feeling was so bitter that two-
months ago the residence of Mayor
Stockbridge, a prominent ground. prohibitionist, The loss
was burned to the
was $11,000, and it is rumored his polit'
ical enemies bad a hand in the matter.
At a meeting of the republican and lib¬
eral parties Wednesday night. Mr. Stock
bridge was nominated for mayor, ami
Thursday morning his new residence wu .
fired and burned to the ground.