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PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
W. J. McAFEE, Editor and Proprietor.
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Official Organ of Crawford County.
K NOXVILLE, GEORGE!
Entered at the postoflice at Knoxville,
Ga., as second-class matter.
Crawford county and the rest of the
sunny south can before long begin to
furnish all the material needed to manu¬
facture a suitable coveriug for cotton,
if we are to credit the assertion recently
made, that a gentleman in South Caro¬
lina has discovered a process by which
cotton stalky ramie, okra stalk-, pine
straw, or any other vegetable texture can
lie reduced to fibre and then woven into
cloth. It is said to be an established
fact, however, and that bagging factories
will be established all over the cotton¬
growing States. Pine straw is to be the
principle material used. A large New
York firm pronounce the okra fibre made
by this new process the best fibre for
rope, bagging, etc., ever seen, not being
colored at all, but a beautiful white, and
in strength, superior to hemp or flax.
We trust all this may prove as represent¬
ed. Should such be the case, the
advocates and manufacturers of jute need
have but little more to say.
FROM OUR CULLODEN CORRE¬
SPONDENT.
The A. & F. Increased Valuations.
At Work for Uncle Sam..
GYlloden, Ga., May 10, 1890.
Lust Sabbath eve found this humble
scribe on board and having a most pleas¬
ant ride down the A. & F., en route for
Macon. Jt is gratifying road to note the good and
condition of this snd its train*,
it is plain to every one that it is gradu¬
ally pulling its way in to business shape and suc¬
cess. Matters are good for its
extenson, and I trust and believe that
the time is near when its stock will be in
demand at par.
It is now hard to find any property in
Georgia the value of which is not in¬
creasing steadily. There is less inclina¬
tion to sell farming lands than we lvave
known since the war, and I don’t
know of a village, town or city but
what asks more for its property than ever
before, and as for railroads, they are all
booming. I am glad I live in Dixie, and
especially here in Georgia.
1 am now serving my first term as
juror in Judge Speer’s court, and I find
here on the same business \V\ J. Deut
and M. P. Reviere, of your county. Uu-
cle Sam doesn’t work his laborers very
hard, but he seems to delight in punctu¬
ality, and thus far Judge S. ha* given
us no trouble; he is on hand whenever
we call for him. It is really amusing to
see how prompt men will lie when brought
under the pressure of judicial rigidly authority
aud power, especially it' it he in-
forced. Eveu my friends, Dent and
Reviere, who, when about home and their
farms, take a special delight in leisure,
and don’t care generally, but here they
toe the mark and answer present with a
promptness that knows no blushing nor
feels any weariness.
My friend, W. P. Persons, (Pink) was
brought down with us on this same
errand, but heard so much of Judge shyed
Speer's straight jacket methods, he
into the court room, and when his name
was called he tumbled into his pockets
and brought out a gilt edge document
which compelled the Judge to reluctant¬
ly say go, and he went. The last I saw
of him he was making for the carshed
breathing that mellifluous old time,
“Take me home to the place where I—”
I failed to catch the balance as he went
round the corner. I think he is going to
apply for his present office for life, as
Speer has his for life.
The prompt and courteous fair dealings
observed in this court inspires all who
attend with admiration and respect
for Judge Speer and his methods,
and none need fear anything at his hands,
except the malefactors, and prompt jus¬
tice aud punishment to them is mercy
and protection to their fellowmen.
This district should feel proud, both judge. of
the ability and character of its
The present jury will probably assigned be kept
here into J une as cases have been
as late as the second of that mouth. It
is a critical period during for farmers to be away will
from their fields May, but we
trust to luck, aud our colored brother,
aud by the way, we have one slightly
colored on this jury with us.
Well, this is Thursday evening, and
here in Stafford's old field at Topeka
junction, are four train-forsaken, aud
seemingly God forsaken Crawfordites,
bewailing their fate, and each one with
a special imprecation on railroads in
general and other roads in particular. walking,
Bolivar said he wouldn't mind
but he didn’t like to come in ou the gravel
train. W. J. Dent was burning daylight,
(at least his words seemed hot enough to
burn it) with the fruitless wish that the
Birmingham and Macon road was done,
and Col. R. D. Smith, with professional
instinct, threatened to prosecute the
whole lay out for not being on time. The
writer left them for more congenial fields
down theThomaston railroad. We missed
the train at Tojx-ka about two minutes,
we almost ran into the smoke it left.
Simplex.
NOTES FROM THE SIXTH DISTRICT.
Cood Seasons and Good Crop
Prospects--The Right Kind of
Farming--Buried in a Well
Cotton vs. Corn-Cane
Crops, Cardens, Etc.
As there has been nothing from this
portion of the county in the last one or
two issues of The Heiiai.d, I will come
again.
We have been very dry, and the farm-
ers liave been in low spirits, but now that
we have been blessed with a brightened good season
every man’s countenance is by
a broad smile at the thought of securing
a stand of cotton, and besides the cotton
I think they will have about three stands
of grass.
I visited the home of Mr. Wiley Green,
in Houston County, a few days ago. He
is one of the most complete farmers I
know of. Aside from raising everything
to eat that can be produced in this line,
he raises all of his farm stock. I saw
eleven mule colts, from three weeks to
three years old. I wish there were more
such men.
I witnessed the horrible death of a
negro on Mr. J. I. Jones’s plantation.
Mr. Jones employed the negro to do some
work ou his well. When he had reached
the bottom of the well, the dirt caved
and covered him several feet deep, and it
required several hours’ time to
get him out. Within twenty-five min¬
utes after the accident there were
seventy-five negroes at the well, but none
of them could be induced to go down
after the unfortunate well-digger, and
had it not been for a son of Mr. R. E.
Story there would have been one negro
who would not have answered in the day
of resurrection.
I have traveled over a good portion locking of
Houston county, and find crops
well. A large crop of cotton has been
planted, but not enough of corn. I
reckon it will be all right, as Mr. J. H.
Chance says that cotton seed meal makes
the best eggbread he has ever eaten.
Cane crops are looking tine, a large per
cent being planted. Gardens, notwith¬
standing the late spring, are looking w ell;
there being plenty of Irish potatoes and
beans. Plain Farmer.
CERES CULLINGS
Cotton Choppers Wanted—The Singing
Society—O^d Age—Bud Worms.
Married—Persona"
Mr. George Wright, of Macon, was in
our ville Sunday.
Cotton choppers are what our] farm
want now.
Mr. M. J. Moore made a business trip
to the Central City Monday.
The track-laying force on the M. & B.
R. It. is above Moran’s mill.
Bud worms have done more damage
to corn in these parts this year than
usual.
Probably the oldest ci izen in this
county lives here—Maacrva Jordan (col¬
ored) age 103.
The Oak Grove singing club spent a
pleasant afternoon at the residence of Mr.
T. A. Bowen Sunday in the practice of
vocal music.
Two among the most fascinating young
ladies of our neinhborhood were married
last week. On Wednesday, Miss Minnie
Persons to Mr. Lee Watsou, of Macon.
On Thursday, Miss Sallie Smith to Prof.
J. S. Searcy, of Taylor county.
We extend our heartfelt sympathy J. to
our boys who “got left.”
ECHECONNEE ETCHINGS.
Good Rain and Good Crops—Close of
the School—Chasing a Flea.
As I saw my first letter in print, I
thought I would w r rite again.
We had a splendid rain to-day, with
some hail, and 1 think it did good, but I
don’t suppose the gills thought so, for it
sprinkled several of them as they were
returning home from hearing Rev. Mr.
Spiders’ sermon at Union Academy.
Ask Misses Ida and Minnie McElmurray
about their experience with the mud.
The first term of the school at Union
Academy will close within two weeks,
and then we will enjoy a month’s vaca¬
tion.
The crops are looking well in this sec¬
tion at present. Mr. McElmurray has the
finest oats I know of anywhere. his
As Mr. Walton was going to work
the other day, he felt something unusual
just above his shoe tops, and on making
an examination, found to his surprise
that it was a flea, The old fellow
jumped out and started down a cotton
row, digging it up as he went, and Mr.
W. right after him, but the flea struck
the pine thicket, and as he went he
blazed his way through, so Mr. W. says.
News is scarce and hard to find, espe-
daily for a School Boy.
Knoxville High School Roll of Honor
Belle Harris, Hattie Hicks,
Clara Long, Horace Andrews,
Lizzie Bryant, Killie Allen,
Homer Grace. Lena Andrews,
Mary Allen.
A dispatch from the Indian Reservation
at Gleieker, Northwest Territory, announces
the death of Chief Crow Foot, of the Black-
feet tribe, the most prominent Indian in the
Northwest. He made a will and gave away
all his horses. He also recommended his
people to do as the white man and work on
their land. He said his brother, Three Bulls,
should succeed him.
ITEMS FROM WARRIOR.
The Chaingang—Hail Storm—Gone ti
Florida—Building a Mill, aChurch,
-p. Etc Trt Ltc
- ’
Mr. Jim Hicks has gone to Florida on
a fishing expedition.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Hicks are visiting
the family of their son, Mr. Jim Hicks.
The negroes are building a fine Metho¬
dist church in Godfrey District on the
Bailey Branch.
There was a severe hail storm in the
vicinity of the home of Mrs. J. C. Han¬
cock on last Sunday morning.
Mrs. Parker, a widow lady, is in Ma¬
con with her son-in-law. It is not
thought there is any chance for her to
live.
Mr. Silas Gaines’ wife joined the church
at Shiloh aud is to be baptized May the
11th at Fulton's by their pastor. Rev.
Mr. Reynolds.
The chaingang has now about sixty
hands, eighteen are women, one of whom
is white. They have moved up to the
Hart postoffice. They have finished the
new road and it is in first class order.
John Bailey and Jack Ilolsey are build¬
ing a fine grist mill on Rocky Creek,
at Bailey’s Bridge. Kit Woodson is
building the mill, and he is the boss
workman of Bibb county.
Simple Life of the Kaiser.
It is significant of the simplicity of life
at the Berlin Court that the Emperor’s
regular dinner hour is, like that of the
majority of his subjects, at 1.30 in the
day. Of course, when there are distin¬
guished guests to be entertained, there
is a slate banquet at 6 in the evening. In
his ordinary life, writes the Berlin cor¬
respondent of the London Standard,
“the Emperor i6 not given to luxury.
He rises very early, takes a very light
first breakfast, and then goes out for a
i ’ le or walk, and sometimes for a little
shooting, accoiding to *hc season. Dur¬
ing the bad weather, such as we have
had for some days past, his Majesty takes
about an hour's exercise on foot in the
large quadrangle of the old Old Palace.
After exercise he takes a second break¬
ham fast, consisting, generally, of chop, an omelet,
and eggs, a mutton or a
chicken. At the principal meal, at 1.30,
which the Emperor insists on calling
dinner, not luncheon, the first course con¬
sists of bouillon or broth, with rice or
macaroni, or of Russian soup; then
boiled meat with vegetables, followed by
roast meat and pudding, ordinary if there are
any guests at the dinner an
entree and ice are added. The Emperor’s
supper consists of meat or fish, and pud¬
ding. His favorite dishes are poidets- fish,
sautes , with potatoes or baked
especially ’Squire Morrissey, perch, pike, sole or turbot.” Penn.,
of Georgetown,
has rendered a decision after the style of
Solomon. John Painter, of Welch Alley,
had three neighbors, Dougherty, McGinn,
and Pickett bv name, arrested ou a charge
of stealing seven of Lis pigeons. Seven
birds resembling his were found in their
possession, but Painter could not swear
positively that they were his, while the
defendants vigorously deni d ha ing
come by them in an illegal way. The
’Squire heard the evidence carefully,
and, after remarking that he would go
beyond the statutes, ordered the pigeons
produced in court. To each bird he at¬
tached a colored ribbon, and then, in the
presence of 200 witnesses, gave them free¬
dom. After circling about in the air for
several minutes they wore seen to alight
ou the coop of James Kane, a neighbor called
of the defendants. James was to
testify, and he declared he had sold the
birds to the defendants only a few days
before. On the strength of this the
three men were plaintiff. discharged, and the costs
placed on the
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county, is authorized to receive subscrip¬
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ford County Herald is already an assur¬
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stant and unreserved support, and let us
have a "ood home oauer.
The Sabbath School Union.
The committee appointed the second
quarterly meeting held of the Sabbath School
l nion to be at Benevolence church
on Saturday, June 14th. All schools in
the county, irrespective cordially of invited denomination¬
al lines, are aud ex¬
pected to attend and take part in the ex¬
ercises. An attractive and entertaining occa^
programme will be prepared for the
sion. The orators of the day will be
noted and enthusiastic workers in the
grand Sabbath School cause. A large
crowd is expected, and all who attend
will be Jhighly entertained and greatly
benefited. For] w. any further information
apply to P. Blasingame.
Cor. Sec., Knoxville, Ga.
FORTUNE’S QUEER TRICKS.
STRANGS CASES OF GOOD AND DAD
LUCK IN THE MINES.
Instances of Ups and Dow ns in the
Miners’ Fortunes — Millionaires
One Day and Paupers the Next.
It is impossible for any one at all fa¬
miliar with mining adventures in the
Rocky Mountains from 1860 to 1870 to
deny the existence of that mysterious and
capricious influence on men s lives and
fortunes known as luck, audit seemed to
attach itself mainly to those who knew
the least and were accepted as the fools
of the camp, thus illustrating the old
proverb, “a fool’s luck.” Old and ex¬
perienced miners quit locations in disgust
after months of labor, and these were
afterward taken by men who scarcely
knew the difference between a shaft and
a level. After a week’s scrambling
work the latter became rich men. One
instance I can give:
A mart named Relf, a forty-niner,
opened a prospect hole on Goose Creek,
within a mile of the Idaho border. It
seemed to pan out well at first, and he
spent $6000—all he had in the world—
in development: but the vein began to
pinch out, and Relf gave it up. Anoth¬
er man took it with the same result.
Then one of the best miners in the Ter¬
ritory put in $3000, and after months of
hard work shot himself in despair at his
ill-fortune. The location was thereafter
dubbed the “Last Chance” by neighbors.
It lay a year, when a man named Gadsen
came to Silver City. He was looked on
as a harmless and decidedly weak-minded
fellow, and he annoyed Colonel James
Fisher, a well-known mine owner, by
constantly asking his advice about locat¬
ing, until Fisher told him to try the
“Last Chance.”
Gadsen started off to get a team and
supplies, and amid the jeers of the camp
left for “Last Chance.” Four days af¬
terward his team was seen coming into
camp on a dead run, aud it stopped at
Colonel Fisher’s office. Gadsen, with a
bag on his back, entered, and, drawing
a chunk of rock, laid it before Fisher,
who examined it and said: “Well, Gad¬
sen, you have the proverbial fool’s luck.
That will assay $3000 a ton. You’ve
struck it rich this time.” An examina¬
tion of this mine showed that only a foot
of rock lay between the last owner and
uncoined wealth, and this Gadsen broke
through the first day.
A syndicate was formed and Gadsen
sold out for $55,000. The new owners
took out $25,000 in three weeks and then
struck a mass of porphyry rock that it
would have taken all the money in San
Francisco to remove. No trace of the
lost treasure was ever found, and the
“Last Chance” was permanently aban¬
doned. Gadsen’s good luck followed
him. He left the mountains, bought a
home in Missouri, and saved his money.
The history of the firm of Bowers &
White is one of the romances of the min¬
ing camps. Sandy Bowers came into the
Washo district about 1860. He cooked
for a party of freighters, and his wife, a
tall, bony woman, told fortunes, sold
lucky numbers, and interpreted dreams
for the credulous miners. With some of
the money made in this way her husband
took up a claim and made money, and for
the next ten years had continued good
fortune. He was grossly illiterate and no
ausiness man, but still he prospered.
His partner, Lorenzo D. White, was a
different kind of a man. In business
matters he was shrewd and enterprising,
aud his luck was phenomenal. What¬
ever he touched turned into gold. It
was noted that whatever Bowers sold
turned out well for his customers, while
it was reversed in White's dealings, al¬
though he was believed to be an honest
man. The mystery was as to what he
did with his gains. He depleted his
bank account every now and then, draw-
ing out large sums m com and then dis-
appearing for a time. It was believed
that he buried his wealth in the mount-
ains, and he was followed aud dogged
by the camp ruffians, who would have
taken his life for a dollar, hut it was
iart of his good fortune to escape.
The end came at last. Sandy Boweis
got involved with a party of Eastern ad-
venturers and lost $300,000. After this
ae went down hill rapidly. He had at
one time half a million in the Bank of
California, but this all went. He be-
came a drunkard, and one day got to-
gether a few dollars to buy an outfit.
With a borrowed mule he started for
Nevada, and w r as, no doubt, killed by
the Ute Indians, as he was never heard
of again.
White was not known to have any
serious losses, but he, too, disappeared.
He was supposed to have gone back to
Maine, his native State. Inside of a year
he came into the little mining town of
Mercedes, ou the Rio Grande River,Colo-
rado, in rags and exhausted from fatigue.
He was followed by a shaggy Mexican
burro, about as big as a Newfoundland
dog. This carried his miner’s outfit_a
pick, pan and shovel. He was at once
recognized and relieved. He went to an
assayer and showed a large mass that
looked like burned limestone, but which
evidently contained gold. The assav as-
tonished* the expert,and he declared that
the specimen showed eighty per cent, of
gold.
Iu an hour's time the camp was wild
with excitement, and this was the beirin-
ning of the craze known as “White’s
Cement Mine. - ’ At first the old man re-
fused to tell the location, and some of
the ruder spirits advocated hanging, but,
after much persuasion, he agreed to pilot
a party t« the spot. The next day Mer-
c ; dts was de,ert e d - Everybody join*)
the procession. After A # eight days’ ruggec
travel they reached Green River Valley
in Utah. While ascending a narrow
ravine a volley of rifle balls, fired fron.
the c’n^oparal, killed three of the fore
most of the goldhunters and stampeded
all the animals. The Ute Indians had
been awaiting them. In the confusion
White escaped and the party broke up.
From time to time White would reappear
in mining camps with a fresh supply of
his gold-bearing cement, but his mind
was clearly gone and he could give no in¬
formation that was of the slightest use.
About 1870 a party of prospectors Oil
their way through the Colorado River
Valley, in Southern Utah, found in the
wildest part of the mountains the body
of an old man with a beard reaching to
his waist. Around him were a number
of specimens of his gold cement and a
quantity of gold coin. lie had evidently
died of starvation, as there were no indi-
cations of food to be seen. By means of
a large diary on his person he was iden¬
tified as the once millionaire, Lorenzo D.
White. This diary contained numerous
directions to find landmarks, but these
were unintelligible to the readers, and
his mine ana buried gold may still re-
ward some fortunate seeker.
James Titus, of Sacramento, Cal., who
is now head of one of the great hydraulic
mining companies in that State, owes his
fortune to the following circumstances:
In 1864 he was working at his trade as a
stone mason in St. Paul, Minn., when a
man named Eldridge failed, owing him
•$175 in wages. This debtor left the city,
and a year after Mr. Titus went to Car-
son City, where he met Eldridge, who
told him that he had not propered and
hid no money, but could get some min-
ing stock for money due him, and this
he ivould give Titus in satisfaction of the
debt.
Mr. Titus took 100 shares of Comstock
Mine, valued at about a dollar a share. It
was original stock, and in a few months
the great deposit of silver that was to
make the fortune of Flood, O’Brien,
Fair and John Mackay was discovered.
The stock began to go up and Mr. Titus
sold out for $3000 per share. In two
years he was a millionaire by fortunate
investments in Crown Point.
But success of this kind was demoral-
izingtowost of the pioneers. Johnny
Skey died as Sandy Bowers did, a broken
down prospector, after rioting away five
millions, and Comstock, the original dis¬
coverer of the Virginia City Eldorado,
died a poor man .—Philadelphia Times.
WISE WORDS.
Self-respect will wear better than flat-
tery.
Vanity is the weeds that real culture
destroys.
No one can keep their health and give
away their responsibilities.
It is no reason that a man is refined
because he thinks he is himself.
Misfortunes will increase to one who
deplores the selfishness of others.
People never progress until they get
tired waiting for some one to help them
up.
A new idea will look like a mistake
to the man who is wedded to the old
ones.
There is but one step from wisdom tc
foolishness; but one from honor tc
arrogance.
Alt our hopes are but dreams; and as
they come to pass, still but like the
change of a dream.
Vanity may be light, hut people
often so burdened with its weight thai
they never get above zero.
Like food without salt, like a book
without a tale, like the day without
shine, is life without sorrow or fear,
Herding the Calves.
There was a broad plateau used as a
ca ttle range, upon w hich my tent was
placed, and in sight, ranged by them
se ^ ves t some twenty-five calves.
ranch buildings and the rest of the
two three miles distant. 1
were or
For several successive nights I founc
t ^ iat hunch of calves were being
driven about, sometimes much against muci
their walls, by some animal acting
hke a dog. The calves were made tc
beep w r ell together and forced to “move
ou to many fresh feeding grounds in lie i I
n *"ht, getting little or no time to I
down. During the day they were less
disturbed. But I often saw a dog i® I
their vicinity, moving through the sags I
hush as sly as a wolf. I went to therancrl
house and told the herders what I
seen.
They explained that a bitch belonging good
f° ranche and famed for her
herding qualities had littered in the chip
ara *> ant * that they had not found her
aest un til the pups were well grown,
ant L °f course, wild; that they I
ceeded in capturing all but one of the
P U P S - It was that one, they believed. I
that I had found in charge of the buncli I
of calves. witil I
I then engaged the two herders
their horses to try and catch the pup
me hy running it down. They did
best one day with some little help of
hut with no success. The pup had f
get a living, like a fox or wolf, by mainlyl hunt*
in g; and this it did in daytime
and spent the night herding the calve*
—Forestand Stream.
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The first Swedish female physiciaa Caroliuj tj
engage in regular practice is Dr.
Wilderstrom, who has just opened *
office in 3tockholm.