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A War Episode,
We have received from Mr. A. J.
Moatts, of the Sixth District, this
county, the following lines which were
•written by a member of Company E, 4th
Georgia Battalion, of which company
Mr. Moates was also a member. The
writing was done in camps after the bat¬
tle at Port Royal, S. C., which occurred
about the 7th of November, 1861:
From 8 kid away, the seventh day,
We got on board a steamer
Like soldiers brave, to hunt our graves,
Or kill the Yankee rebels.
We formed inline, with heart inclined,
Upon the Add of battle
To gain a prize, or lose our lives,
Though clashing sword did rattle.
For miles around it jarred the ground,
The roaring of the cannon ;
The shot and shell, as thick as hail,
Were then around us pouring.
We lost the prize, but saved our lives,
By double quick retreating;
Compelled to yield, we left the field,
And Yankees, loudly screaming.
From Hilton Head we quickly fled
On Providence relying ;
We left our clothes among our foes
With Yankee colors flying.
I now confess I can’t express
Our troubles while retreating ;
Two days and nights, while on our march.
We traveled without eating.
I now confess, while in distress,
The ladies of the city
Did with their bread the soldiers feed,
And looked on them with pity.
God bless the girls, God bless their curls,
God bless their happy station ;
They are the lillies of the world
And flowers of creation.
S. R.
LOCALS.
The neat and comfortable residence of
[Mr. C. B. Spillers is nearing completion
pud will be occupied within a few days.
kille, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Spillers, relatives of Knox- and
were on a visit to
friends in the Central City during the
past w r eek.
Mrs. C. T. Blasingame has been quite
unwell for several days. The sickness of
her mother, Mrs. Y. T. Harris, still con¬
tinues.
f im Knoxville—old and new—is certainly
the up grade. The carpenters, briek-
Inasons and painters are finding plenty of
Ivork here.
Innumerable, indescribable beauties at
Hrs. Pierce's Millinery Store. Come and
ee and be convinced. A nice line of
Motions, just what the ladies want.
I Mr. II. D. McCrary has begun the erec¬
tion of a new residence iu the new town
It the depot, which we understand is de¬
signed as a home for the mother of Mrs.
McCrary.
When you come to Knoxville stop at the
■ larris House, where you will find the
|>cst fare the market affords. Special at¬
tention given to the convenience and com¬
port of guests.
I The Knoxville school, which opened
the present term with an attendance of
Ibout forty pupils, now has on its roll
leventy-two frill with fair prospects that it
tvhile. reach a hundred before a very great
I Mrs, F. II. Wright and Mrs. C. G.
I’ower went on a fishing expedition a few
pays ago, and they must have gone in the
FYright direction, for they had Powerful
good of luck, returning with a long string
fine perch.
Mr. II. F. Sanders, of Musella, rec¬
ognizing the excellent educational Knoxville High ad¬
vantages School, afforded by the
has become a patron of the same,
and is boarding one of his children with
the family of Mr. J. W. Blasingame.
prices Astonishing for hats, and never-before-known gloves,
dresses, bonnets,
mitts, laces, ribbons, flowers, feathers,
sashes and everything pretty. Haven’t
ipace here to mention all the attractive
articles to be found at Mrs. Pierce's.
•A rthur Moore, son of Mr. J. A. Moore,
>f near Roblev, is attending school in
vnoxville. Mr. Moore does not live with-
n reach of the school here, but is board-
Mg Arthur with Mr. W. S. Boud, who
■ also a patron of the school.
■ Come and see Mrs. Pierce if you wanta
^Pce ■faction dress in made. style She and will work. give She you will sat-
^kke ■w. special Prices pains very to reasonable. show you everything Come to
|W^l”Dind Spring opening the 15th, 16th
Mr - L - Collier has com
KNOXVILLE, CRAWFORD CO., GA., THURSDAY, APRIL 10,1890.
plcted a neat and comfortable residence
at New Knoxville and it is now occu¬
pied by himself and family. Mr. Col
iier is also a patron of the Knoxville
High School, having two children iu
attendance.
Mr. Ira Jennings reports that Duke
marshall tried his luck at fishing a few
days ago at Fulton's mill on Tobeesofkee
creek, and among other things that he
caught was a catfish which measured
three feet, three inches in length and
weighed twenty-five pounds. Will some¬
body look up a blue ribbon and send it
out to Mr. Marshall by Mr. Jennings?
We learn that Messrs. W. T. Patterson
and E. F. Bryant, of this county, found a
den of red foxes on Thursday last and
succeeded in unearthing four of them.
Mr. Math Joiner, among others was pre¬
sent with a double-barrel shot gun, but it
seems he was afraid to risk the reputation and
of his gun to try to kill the old fox,
so he fired away at the younger ones.
Mrs. D. C. Black, of Atlanta, is
spending some time with the family of
Dr. W. W. Black, of our town. She
came to Knoxvile with the hope of im¬
proving and regaining her health, and we
are pleased to learn that her recovery has
been rapid and most satisfactory. The
healthfulness of Knoxville is one of its
best recommendations, and in this respect
there is no more desirable location for
those seeking homes. •
A sand crane was captured by Mr.
Gussie Avant, at the crane farm of Mr.
M. P. Reviere, a few days ago and
brought into town. Upon being meas- be
ured the uncouth bird was found to
54 inches iu height and 65 inches from
tip to tip of wings, while its bill is eight
inches in length! After advanced receiving the its
first shot the crane upon
would-be captor who, in self-defense,
found it necessary to fire the second
time.
ITEMS FROM WARRIOR.
Mr. W. H. Dent visited the Central
City this week.
Mrs. J. H. Nolan has been seriously ill
for several days.
The people of Warrior are having a
good Easter time.
Miss Mamie Dent was among her friends
here during the week.
Miss Aurora Burnett spent a day or two
with friends in Knoxville the past week.
Miss Lillie Blasingame is visiting Miss
Aurora Burnett at her home near Sandv
Point.
Col. O. P. Wright, who was quite sick
two or three days the past week, is agaiu
convalescent.
Dr. W. F. Blasingame spent a portion visit¬
of last week in Southwest Georgia, points.
ing Cordele, Americus and other
Mr. E. B. Trammell, who was formerly
connected with the linn of Malpass &
Bussey, of New Knoxville, is now en¬
gaged* in the study of law in the office of
Cot O. P. Wright.
Mrs. All’son, wife of the Methodist
minister of our town, has been critically
ill for some time. She has enjoyed the
companionship of her mother, Mrs. Do¬
mingos, of Cutlibert, Ga., for several
weeks past.
The M. «fc B. R. R. is being built vei y
rapidly. They have the track laid as
far as Mr. Dick Hamlin’s. Mr. Ramsey,
the walking boss, of Roberin s camp, is
lying very low. He is under the treat¬
ment of Dr. Bonner.
’There will be an ice cream festival at
the courthouse in Knoxville on I* ridaj
night of this week, for the benefit of the
Bifptist church of this place. A cordial
invitation is extended to all to contribute
by their presence and otheiwise to the
success of the entertainment.
CERES CULLIKGS.
The small grai n crops are looking well
again. Ross, of Macon, was in . our vi e
Col.
Monday. order of busi
Cotton planting is the
ness this wee .
Mr. V. B. Horn is building a ouse
on the lot he purchased at the station,
\ very heavy rain fell here last
Thursday night, which did some dam-
a S e to ttie farms '
. hear the . wbis . . le
Iu a few days we can the Macou ami
of the locomotive on
Birmingham Railroad.
Mrs. J. A. Jackson, of Piedmont,
Ga., visited the family of Mr. M. J.
^ oure Saturday and Sunday last.
Sine 3 the runaway Dr. T. J. Dewberry
has rented a Texas pony and a road cart,
and visits his patients all the same.
Our Sunday School is reviving, and
we hope soon to have (he hearty co-op¬
eration of the entire neighborhood.
Boston.
From Our Robley Correspondent.
Roblet, Ga., April 5, ’90.—The usual
promptness which characterizes the Her¬
ald has failed to manifest itself this
week, as the Herald has not put in an
appearance, and our people are that far
behind the times in Crawford.
There has been several cases of sick-
ness in this community recently, but at
last accounts all were improving and on
the road to good health agaiu.
Mr. A. J. Johnson and wife aie visit¬
ing relatives in Houston county.
Messrs. J. A. Moore and T. J. Martin
left last night to spend several days with
fiiends iu the vieinty of Perry.
Miss Josie Murchison, of Macon, Ga.,
is teaching school at Oak Grove this
year, but is now visiting her sister, who
is quite sick at her home near Macon.
Miss Josie came to the people well rec¬
ommended, and so far as the writer
knows, the school is being conducted in
a satisfactory manner to all concerned.
The young people of the community,
comprising the Oak Grove Singing So¬
ciety, met at the residence of Mr. Ed¬
ward Rowell Sunday night last, and
spent several hours in the exer¬
cises of vocal music. The pretty
day, added to the hospitality of
the host and family made the
afternoon a pleasant one to all in
attendance. The society was afforded organized its
several years ago, and has
members many hours of social enjoyment
and instruction, and we hope has been of
material benefit to the. community at
large. in this section is
The oat crop recover¬
ing, from the effects of the late freezes,
and the farmers arc still hopeful of a good
crop. planting has been carried at
Corn on a
rapid rate and the larger portion of the
crop has been planted. Those who have
finished are getting the cotton lands in
readiness, and soon the planting of the
staple crop will begin. the farms in
A noticeable feature on
this section is the large amount of fresh
land being opened for cultivation. The
farmers are working with the zeal and de¬
termination that in the face of no calami-
ty, foretells success.
The complaint is heard among many of
the people There that their corn is being
brought up by the “feathered tribe” iu
a manner not in accordance with the
wishes of the planter, and with cool
nights in April the bud worms will play
havoc with tliat on bottom lands, an evil
for which there seems to be no successful
remedy, and there are comparatively few
for any of the pests that disturb the labor
of the Plow Boy.
From the Sixth District.
Editor Herald:— I would like to
have a little corner in your columns.
A few nights ago a son of Mr. John
Aultman and a young man by the name
of Willie Jackson and several other
young men met at Henry Hardison’s
store. Aultman aDd Jackson got into a
playful tussle and Aultman getting the
best of it, Jackson became angry, and
drawing his pistol, fired two shots. One
of the balls glanced Aultm in’s ears and
neck, inflicting a slight wound, the oth
er enteriug the abdomen, causing a dan¬
gerous. if not a fatal injury. Up to this
writing no arrests have been made.
A couple of negroes, Monroe Davis
and Peter Smith, became involved in a
difficulty over a game of cards the oth¬
er day, during which Smith received a
severe cut with a knife, which may re¬
sult fatally. Stembridge, aged colored
Ann an
woman who was well known and had
many friends among the people in this
section, died a few days ago. order of
Cotton planting is now the
the day, and is claiming the attention
of our farmers generally. Some of the
cotton already planted is coming up.
Plain Farmer.
SUBSCRIBE TO lius hekALD.
A Good Opportunity.
Mr. R. II. Knight, tax receiver for this
county, is authorized to receive subscrip¬
tions to the Crawford County Herald,
and he would be pleased to have every¬
body subscribe to the paper during his
canvass of the county as tax receiver. He
is supplied with printed receipts for sub¬
scriptions, and will furnish same to all
who desire it. Please have your sub¬
scriptions ready, and hand them to Mr.
Knight, and your paper will be mailed
promptly and regularly, Should you fail
at any time to receive the Herald after
you have subscribed, if you will notify
us of the fact, we will replace the missing
copy if it is possible to do so. The Craw¬
ford County Herald is already an assur¬
ed success, and will be devoted to the
interests of the people at large, and not
to a few individuals. Give it your con¬
stant and unreserved support, and let us
have a good home paper.
Culloden Correspondence. ;
Cclloden, Ga., April 5th, 1890.
Our Methodist friends began their
quarterly meeting here last night, and arc
anticipating quite a pleasant and profit¬
able meeting to-day and to-morrow.
Methodism feels at home here,
and that popular religions sect has held
the field without opposition as far back
as tradition goes. I guess they took
possession when then the red men left.
As many as thirteen Methodist preach¬
ers have lived here at one time.
Well, we could fall into worse hands
than our Methodist brethren—we like
them. and popular
Crawford's former citizens
preacher, Itev. W.|C. Cleveland, has been
on a boom in the marrying business
for the last few months. He has married
more couples than any one man we know
of, and knows just how to tie the knot.
Call on him young gents, he will make
you happy in short order.
Mr. Eugene Castlen had a close call
one _„j night this week. While going home
from town some one in ambush fired on
him, wounding him slightly in the hand.
’Gene hit the grit, and the second shot
fell far behind him. He had a
difficulty with a railroad negro a day or
too previous, and thinks the negro was
the party that attempted his life.
We are glad to note that Crawford will
have an agent for the Ammons Cotton
Chopper^ we want to see it.
Simplex.
MOTES FROM HAMMOCK'S DISTRICT.
A very damaging rain fell through this
section Thursday night. Flat lands were
flooded and hillsides badly washed. Heard
one farmer say he had put down about
300 pounds of guano per acre, but the
heavy rain swept the field to the hard in
slices 15 to 90 feet wide, carrying soil,
guano, terraces and all away with it. It
is hard to estimate the extent of such
damages, where three or four inches of
the best soil is swept away, and it leaves
it in poor shape for future use. But such
disasters admonish us to look after the
terraces, and see that there are no weak
places iu them. Persistent watchfulness
and care for them twelve or eighteen such
months will almost insure us against
disaster Club
The Culloden Sporting morning this gave week. us a
fox (?) hunt one especially if
They have some fine trailers,
the rabbit track is cold. I learn that one
of Crawford’s noted fox hunters offered
the club one dollar for every one they
caught if they would pay him five cents
for every one they jumped and failed to
catch. They now have the matter under
consideration. Hammocks.
Forgot her Name.
We have heard of people forgetting a
good many things, but the idea of a man
forgetting his wife’s name is “something
new under the sun.” A Crawford county
man, who was married a few weeks ago,
was asked by a friend, soon after the wed¬
ding, who he had married, what his
wife's name was. The newly married
man started to reply, as he thought, of
course, that he could readily give the
lady's name, but finally had to admit that
he “knew her name as well as his own,
but could not think of it just then,, and
could not recall it until it was mentioned
by a third party who happened to know.
NOTICE.
I will be at the following places for re¬
ceiving tax returns for the present year,
1890: Monday.
Tabers, 21st day of April on Tuesday.
Rogers. 22d “ “ “ “
Sowell's 23d “ “ “ Wednesday.
Sandy Point,24th “ “ Thursday.
Webb’s 30th “ “ Wednesday.
Hammocks 1st “ May Thursday.
Beasley’s 3d “ “ “ Friday.
Knoxville 10th “ “ “ Saturday.
R. H. KNIGHT,
Tax Receiver.
March 19th, 1890. tf
KNOXVILLE HIGH SCHOOL.
Roll of Honor.
Wilson Wright, R. D. Smith,
Ufa Jack, Horace Andrews,
Lillias Jack, Emmie Hammett,
Mary Allen, Lena Andrews,
Kittie Allen, Minnie Hicks,
Hiram McCrary, Frankie Wright,
Charlie Hartley, Lizzie Bryant,
Paul Jones, Homer Grace,
Holton Mathews, Hattie Hicks,
Willie Smith, Bessie Collier,
Florence Smith.
YOL. I. NO. 8.
of the Southern Mutual Build¬
ing and Loan Association Or¬
ganized in Knoxville.
The home office of thee " Southern * Mu-
Building and Loan ^Association is
in Atlanta, Ga., and was repre¬
here the past week by Mr. J. T.
who effected an organiza¬
here of a branch of the association.
following named officers were elected:
F. II. Wright, President.
C. G. Power, Secretary and Treasurer,
Smith A; Bhuingame, Attorneys.
directors.
Dr. J. W. Jones.
J. W. Blasingame. 0
J. II. Nolan.
Aside from the officers, wfio are also
stockholders in the association, the fol¬
lowing named gentlemen subscribed to a
number of shares each of stock : L. L.
Bryant, M. P. Reviere, L. F. Collier, C.
N. Pierce and A. T. Simerly.
The amount of stock taken represents
95 shares. If the wonderful growth like of
this association, and others of char¬
acter, and the satisfactory results attain¬
ed are to be considered as evidences of
merit, |it would seem that superior in¬
ducements are thus offered to those who
desire to secure homes for themselves or
to take stock simply as an investment.
Dots from Spring Creek.
1 will try to give you the news from
this community.
The farmers are about through planting
corn, and are busy now planting cotton.
Gardens are not looking very well, on ac¬
count of the recent cold weather.
The school here—Beaver Dam—is be¬
ing taught byiMiss Minnie Stanford. There
are thirty pupils iu attendance.
The young people around here enjoyed
a singing at the residence of Mr. J. S.
Wilder Sunday night. Martin and ('laud
Ask Mr. Charlie Mr.
Parks who they went to see Sunday and
what time they reached home.
Mr. and Mrs. E. P. McKinney visited
their home folks Sunday. Edgar Champion
Mr. Green Wilder and
took a ride in a road-cart Saturday that
they will remember, I reckon. Pithy.
Rough on Rabbits.
This is evidently a good time of the
year to kill rabbits, and in the fields and
swamps adjacent to Knoxville must be
the best places in the world to find
them. It seems that when Jim Dent,
Hus Hicks and Jesse Dent arm themselves
with a gun apiece and declare war against
the rabbit tribe, the said rabbits had
about as well hop into town and give up.
These young Ninrods spent a portion of
one day last week in hunting and returned
with just eighteen of these timid crea¬
tures. They seemed to think that with
a little extra effort they could have se¬
cured a good many more. They also
captured sevcu ’possums, but finally de¬
cided to set them at liberty, with the un¬
derstanding that they would call for
them again when persimmons are ripe.
Awaiting Natural Expansion.
Some time ago James R. Hcalv, of New
York, paid Chicago a visit, and met hia
friend, James F. Bowers. After talking
business together they drifted onto the
world’s fair subject, and Healy, the New
Yorker, smiled at what he termed Chica¬
go's presumption in hoping for the fair.
Like all Chicagoans, Bowers is loyal, and
he offered to bet Healy a new hat that
this city would win in the struggle for
the site. Healy said he hated to bet on
such a sure thing, but he finally shook
hands on the wager.
After the House of Representatives Chicago Bow¬ had
voted to locate the fair at
ers took one of his cards and wrote on
the back of it as follows: “Height, 5
feet 6 or 7; complexion, fair; age, 19x;
size of hat, 71 or a close 7J; preference, By
Dunlap.” This he mailed to Healy.
return mail the New Yorker unburdened
himself as follows: “My Dear Mr. Bow¬
ers: Yours of the 25th, with pertinent
suggestions regarding measurement, etc.,
finds me in tears. If, |j^l made suppose, before your the
hat measurement was
vote of congress it is hardly accurate now.
In view of the terrible effect of that sur¬
prising and shocking decision it would
hardly be safe now to send any size less
than 8£, and I await the result of the nat¬
ural expansion which characterizes every
inhabitant of a ‘windy’ city. Personally,
I am not displeased; as a patriot, I am «
disgusted. I very much fear that any¬
thing higher than a cattle show is too
much for Chicago; but we shall see.
The salaried boomer seems to have got
there with a vengeance. Yours gloom¬
ily.”—[Chicago Herald. $
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