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Crawford County Herald-
PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT
ROBERTA, GEORGIA.
Wmmm n -rpAMIMFLL.
Editor and Proprietor.
TERMS: $1 per year in Advance
Official Organ of Crawford County.
Entered at the postoffice in Roberta.
Ga., as second-class matter.
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Several Chicago preachers are advo¬
cating the covering of the pulpits wish
the Stars and Stripes.
What is said to be the only mine of
pure platinum in existence has recent¬
ly been discovered in Oregon.
The pecan orchards of Texas are
attracting attention. Growers believe
tLert there is great profit in the nuts.
The false economy of the average
country road is well exemplified,
thinks the Detroit Free Press, by a
recent dispatch from Iowa, which
says: “It would take a million dol¬
lars to even up the losses in trade to
the merchants, shippers and farmers
in Iowa on account of the fearful mud
blockade which exists not only in
Iowa, but all over the Mississippi
Valley.”
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One of the queerest things in mod¬
ern exploration and development is
tlie part played by the Chinese. They
never do pioneer work, but as soon as
the white man has opened anew coun¬
try they come in to trade and take ad¬
vantage of other opportunities to
make money. They have just begun
to appear in West and South Africa,
ami in the new mining camps they
will reap a rich harvest.
Waiters in New Y”ork city res-
taurauts ami hotels are up iu arms be¬
cause they have been asked to shave
off their moustaches and whiskers.
“Wo arc already obliged,” said one
disgusted waiter, “to give our tips to
the head waiter and spend half our
wages in the house to keep on the
good side of the proprietor, and now
they demand our whiskers. That is
too much and we must rebel.”
It is announced that a “Passion
Play” will be performed by Indians
at a great gathering of Christian Can¬
adian Indians, which will be held in
Kamloops, British Columbia, next
June. Father Lacombe is organizing
the meeting, and it is expected that
some 7000 Christian Indians from
various parts of British Columbia and
many pagan reds will be in attendance.
The “Passion Play” will be but an in¬
cident of the gathering, and not its
main feature.
Funeral directors are reaping a
golden harvest in London, England,
just at present. This is due to the
“grip.” The increased demand for
their services has had the effect of
stimulating competition. A novel
method of attracting custom has been
adoptod by one undertaker in the Last.
End. He causes a hearse to be drawn
through the streets, bearing a la^5
sign with his name and address, and
the announcement that his charges for
conductiug a funeral are “onlr
twenty-four shillings and sixpeij^
upward.” The hearse is accompanied
by three gloomy looking individuSrl j,
dressed completely in black, ammlie
device succeeds in attracting dutch
attention.
The proposition to erect a stkM^in ik'*
London in honor of the frog is
estimation ot the Chicago N
tardy recognition of that frisky
hatrachian’s contribution to th^sum
of human knowledge. Many pro-
touud and unfeeling scieuti has
caught him and studied his ner land
muscles aud blood corpuscles * and
ri cera with the aid of batteries, mi¬
croscopes and other machines peculiar
to the vivisectionist’s trade. Since
the study of frogs has been a great
help to humanity the tuneful creature
deserves a monument, and the move¬
ment in Loudon lor the building of
such a memorial should receire the
moral and financial support of all the
vivUcc.tionfsts, who have vied with
each other iu tearing him limb from
A BIG BAY FOR CRAWFORD COUNTY
Gov. IV. J. Nor then and Hon. S. D.
Bradwell Speak to Her People.
Hon. B. W. Sanford introduced the
speakeis. He referred to Gov. Norfhen
as br-ing one of the wisest and nio-it
patriotic governors that Georgia has ever
had; one who has the interests of her
people and the development of his be
loved state ever uppermost in his inind
and heart. Mr. Sanford was in a happy
mood, and the words tOat fell from h s
lips together with the bright expre-sion
of his face, showed very clearly that our
great and good Beu Sanfmd was intro¬
ducing very dear friends and kindred
spirits.
BOV, NORTIIEN SPEAKS FIRST—HIS RE¬
MARKS BRIEFLY OUTLINED.
He outlined briefly the financial condi¬
tion of the country and while admitting
that our laws were not exactly what they
should be, yet he showed clearly ttiat for
a great many of our hardships we alone
are responsible and not the government.
He urged upon the people the necessity
of raising less cotton and mote o the
necessities of life. He clearly demo i-
strated by illustration that Georgia can¬
not pay her millions of dollars for gua o
and then compete in raising cotton with
Texas, which pays not a cent for fertil¬
izers. and besides, gets a half a cent more
for her staple. Then if we cau’t raise it
successfully, why raise it at all { Is it not
more indicative of g >od judgment to
abandon cotton on which we are yearly
losing m ney and develop some other of
our many industries?
He showed th it our State, and espe¬
cially this section of it, is es lecially fitted
lor producing a iy or all the cereals and
all kinds of fruits. Another source
of great benefit to the farmer
he declared to be that of stock raising.
Let us improve our stock and then in¬
crease the supply, so that we miy h ive
all our supplies at home without having
to buy them from the Western markets.
Gov. Northen called attention to the
many varied industries of the State, viz:
Manufacturing, agriculture, stock raising,
lumbering, and then the great natural ad¬
vantages offered by her mines of
coal, iron, and even gold, exhib¬
iting some shining specimens of pure
gold which had been picked up iu one
of the counties in upper Georgia.
During his speech Gov. Northen nude
a manful appeal for the hard wood of our
State, which we are sorry to say ha r been
and is being so mercilessly slaughtered
for fuel. He showed that many road
ctrts, buggies and wagons were thus be¬
ing burned aud at the same time we pay
enormous prices for the same kind of tim
b< r when shipped us from Wiscon¬
sin, Ohio and o:her states. While the
speech of Governor Northen was not
confined to any one line of thought, sti: 1
pr bably the major part of it was con
corning educ* ttion. He showed the ne-
co-sity of an education, and showed how
we might decrease our taxes which sup¬
port the courts by paying out a little
more for educauug our sons and
daughters, intelligent and thus therefore, raising up a honest more
and, more
community. forcible the
He showe.1 iu language re¬
sponsibility res’ing upon us as parents in
looking after the education and training
of our children.
Gov. Northen’s address was brought
to a close with an outline of his plan of
hwing Georgia represented in 1892 at
tlie World’s fair. Having d-spiirel of
« 1 ‘t.ting auy aid from the rotate legisla¬
ture he now proposes that the necessary
amount shall be laised by public and vol
notary contributions. Every industry in
the state is given an opportunity to con¬
tribute to this cause.
His idea for wanting our state repre¬
sented is to show to the people of the
world who have money t > invest that
Georgia lus advanta tes to offer which
are equalled by few aud surpassed by iuduce no
s'nte iu the Uuion, and thereby
them to invest here, ihus greatly
incicasug the wealth of our
State industries by developing the value more
of our and enhancing
of those already developed.
His entire address was replete with
4 , () j instruction and whol some a lviee.
Let us now be benefited by it; carry bis
v\ordshomc with us and think over
them. The courthouse was packed, and
yet Governor Northen held the attention
of the entire audience for more than uu
hour.
The people of Crawford county are
highly pleased with Gov. Northen, both
as a man and as a public officer, and are
now standing in readiness to elect h’in
as his own successor at the approaching
election. He has made a ju-t
and wise governor, and in ttiis
day of tricksters aud demagogues we
should not be too hasty to give up a
t ue and tried officer to make a new ex
pt-riment. Here’s three cheers and a tiger
for Gov. W. J. Northen - gentleman,
scholar, patriot, and Chri-tian.
At the conclusion of Governor North¬
en’s speech, Hon. B. W. Sanford pre¬
sented the Hon. S. I). Bradwell. The
introductory remarks were forcible and
very appropriate. office In substance as fol
lows: A public is a public trust,
and no officer of the State of Georgia,
holding a commission from the Governor,
has been more efficient in the execution
of his official duties, and is more worthy
of a public trust at the hands of bis peo¬
ple than is the Hon. S I). Bradwell. our
State School Commissioner.
Mr. Bradwell then rose and sa¬
luting the congregation. turned
to Mr. Sanford, and thanked him for the
complimentary introducing remarks he had made in
him to the audience.
Mr. Bradwell, being State School Com-
raissiorer, his speech was confined prin¬
cipally to education. He is an able
speaker, and in the course of his re-
imrks he showed by very forcible
and practical illustrations that by the
education of her children in the
common schools is the only way Georgia
can do the greatest goo 1 to the greatest
number of her sons and daughters.
Mr. B ad well alluded to Georgia a<
being a ".and old State—the Empire
State of the South iu agriculture, manu¬
facturing,and in its wonderful and varied
resources; yet he said it was a deplora¬
ble fact tha r . she is als > empire in illit¬
eracy.
The greit evil he proposed to remedy
by thoroughly systematizing the common
schools and eucouraging the state normal
and especially the teachers’ county insti¬
tutes, thereby m iking teichers more effi—
c eat and better qualified for this pro¬
fession. “For, indeed,” said he, “it is a
profession and <>ne of great responsibil¬
ity, and not as some would have it, fit on y
for those that are too lazy to do anything
else.” Mr. Brad well, iu -peaking on this
line, said that he desired to &ec such
teachers in this noble profession as would
educate our children in business and
moral principles, not superficially, himself but
thoroughly. lie expressed female
as being a great admirer of the
sex; nud said that never in his life had
he seen an ugly woman. But if any Lfiri
was educated to thar extent as to be
above the common duties of life, or had
ever refused to assist her mother in any
of the domestic or household duties, “;n
Ins eye she would be as u^ly as a mud
fence after a hard rain.” lie further
male some very facetious remarks
in regard to the negro being educated
ab >ve work.
Although Governor Nor hen had high¬
ly entertained the audience for more
than an hour, Mr. Brad well held them
spell-bound for an hour and a-hilf.
The people appreciated Captain
Brad wel l’s speech very much, an i
no doubt his coming to Craw-
ford will prove a great stimulus to
the educational interest of our country.
Much more could be said of his sp ech
and many praises spoken of our worthv
c >mmi-sioiier, but time and space forbid.
Suflice it to say that the people of
Crawford coimy are for Brad well first,
last and all the time.
Taylor, Ga., March 12, 1892.
Taylor being situate 1 in one of the
most desirable porti »ns of Crawford
county, its nearest railroad point being
Byron, seven miles distant, ia one of the
most promising locations for a tow n that
it has ever fallen to my go »d luck to
visit. Being situated rLht in the center
of the most be.utiful farmin' lands in
this state, its only disadvantage is a lack
of railroad facilities, which are now in
contemplation. surprised know the
One would be to
amount of business carried o i by the
merchants in this iocality.
I hive noticed very perceptibly and
heard a great deal of complaint “trade from being Cm
merchants of Macon about
dull.” I think' I can readily solve one
part of this problem if the various
tions leading out fr <m Macon are half so,-,
well supplied is this section.
Messrs. Freeman and Barfield
me through their entire stock.
On the first floor I found a heavy s'oek
of dry goods, shoes, hats, etc., on the
one side, while the oth.-r contained as
elegant a line of fancy family groceries
as one finds in any store, carrying that
class of goods, in Macon or elsewhere,
while their upper story was filled with
furniture, tinw re, clocks, iu fact every¬
thing that is needed and used in any
household, and I learned that they pur-
ch *scd most of their manufactured goods
direct from the factory, and that their
prices compared favorably with Macon
prices. sauntered around with
Alter that, I
Mr. C. S. Taylor, who hasiu charge one
of the large t farms in the county, con¬
sisting of fully one thousand acres in
cultivation, and we finally landed down
at the gin house. There [ found one of
the best arranged ginneries 1 have ever
seen. Mr, Taylor does a public ginning
business, and last year being his
first year he ouly turned out about Tt)0
bales. This year he expects much more,
lie tells me that his ginning capacity is
such that he can turn out a bale of cotton
within twenty minutes after it reaches
the gin house, nearly packed and ready
for shipment. He also informs me that
he contemplates purchasing the cotton
from the grower and shipping direct to
Savannah. He further offe-s as an in¬
ducement to any enterprising meu a
building lot free, and to lease them any
reasonable amount of land for any term
of years, or as long as they should desire,
provided they will build and settle upon
the same and make it their permanent
home.
My time being limited I was denied
the pleasure of remaining but a short
while, and with the promise of returning
at an early date, I left them, much
against my inclination.
A Macon Observer.
THREE IMPORTANT CASES
Which Will Come I'p Before the Iuter
state Commerce Commission.
Among the defendants before the in-
terstate commerce commission at its ses¬
sion in Atlanta on the 24th inst., will be
the Clyde S'eamship Company, the South
Carolina Railway Company and the
Lou svilie and Nashville. The charge
against the Clyde Steamship Company
and others is that a rate of $1.14 per 105
pounds is given from New York to At¬
lanta. a rate of $1.57 to LaGrange and
$1.14 to Opelika, which is beyond La-
Grange. In all the cases the accusation
is that more is charged for a short haul
than for a long bauL The South Caro¬
lina railroad’s case is known as “the
fertilizer case,” and the Louisvillo and
Nashville as “the rates from western
pout to” case.
Sheriff’s Sale.
CRAWi'-eaD GEORGIA, Cousrr. l
Will be sold before the court
house door in Knoxville, Crawford
county, Ga., between the legal
hour of sale on the first Tuesday
in April next, the following prop¬
erty to-witr One saw mill and
fixtures thereto attached: also one
steam engine and boiler. Said
property beirg in the 7th district
G M. of Crawford county, Ga.
Levied on as the property of Chas
A. Dunwoody, to satisfy a tax fi
fa for taxes due Stato and county
for the year 1891. Fi fa issued by
John M Sanders, tax collector for
said county.
Also, at the same time and
place, lots and parts of lots of land
as follows: Nos. 121, 170, 183,
185, 227, 203, 204, 253, 241, 245,
244 and 243 in the Seventh Dist.
of Crawford county, Ga. Being 3,
200 acres more or less. Levied
on under and by virtue oi a tax fi
fa issued by John M Sanders, tax
collector in and for said county
and state against C. B. Howard
for taxes due for the year 1891.
Also at the same ti V r&
Lot of land N C . one i X lAirl Thtr . Cu
D,strict oi Cr P wford
Levied on unddr and Ky virtue
a tax fi fa issued by /ohn M
ders ders, tax tax collectri-of collector tx saia said coun.y
agam-t E / Hancock, for
t n> and c nty for
year 1891/; J.J ' ///./
Also, ,, at the same t,me an<* place
One house and lot in town of Ro-
berta, Ga. said lot being No. one
in block Z, containing one half
acre more or less. Levied on un^
der and by virtue of a tax fi fa
issued by /ohn M Sanders, tax
collector of said county against
Mattie C. Malpass for taxes due
for the ^ vear 1891 ^^7 -
r*'
/Also, at same time and place/
Lots of land Numbers 51/45, 46;*
25, 84, 79, 82, 13 and 105 in the s
Seventh District of Crawlord
ty, Ga., aggregating 1520 acres
more or less. Levied on undef
and by virtue of a tax fi fa isued
by . /ohn t u M Sanders, c? j tax . collector i<
for said slate and county against
L. T. Lee, for taxes due the state
and county for the year 1891.
r** Also / £ at J' the /v saibe time' f and place tr r
,
One house and lot in the Knox-
ville, Ga., same being where H.
F. Sanders now resides. No. of
Lot unknown. Levied on under
and by vir'tie of a tax fi fa issned
by John M. .Sanders, tax collector
of said county, agxinst Mrs. C. B
Riviere for taxes due said state
and county for, the ye ^r l$9 #l ..
Also St tlfe 'same time aftd place
lots and parts of lots Nos. 202
199, 186, 135. 133, 116, and 113.
*n the 7th district of Crawford
county, Ga. ‘Agregating 1400, a
cres more or less. Levied on un^
der and by virture of tax fi fa issu¬
ed be /ohn M. Sanders tax collec¬
tor in and for Crawford county,
La against Hall and Jones, for tax¬
es due said state and county, for
the year 1891.
Also at the 9 ame time and place lotsot
land Nos. 255 and 256 containing 405
acres, more or less, in the aggregate in
the seventh district of Crawford county,
Georgia—levied on as the property of
Ellen E. Atwater, under and by virtue of
a tax fi. fa. issued by Johu M. Sanders, tax
collector for said state and county—for
tax os due for the jear 1891, —j/-v
March 3rd, 1892./L^
J. C. CULV^RHOUSE, i
Sheriff C. C.
NOT OS TIIE BENCH.
“You say this man had been drink¬
ing,” said His Honor. “Drinking
what?”
Officer “Whiskey, I suppose,” answered
McGobbe.
“Xou suppose? Don’t you know
whiskey? Aren’t you a judge?”
“No, y’r Anner. Only a policeman.”
His honor looked carefully at his min¬
ion a moment, and then called the next
oa»e.—[Indianapolis Journal.
SHERIFF’S SALES.
GEORGIA; Crawford county.
Will be sold before the coy
house door in the town of Knoj
ville, Ga., on the First Tuesdj
in April, 1892, the following p r0i
erty towit: 435 acres of ] a !
being lots and parts of lots Nos.
and 2 in the 6th District, and !
and 38 in the Second District
said state and county. Levied'
as the property of Mrs. Ma
Hancock to satisfy an executii
issued by John M. Sanders, T]
collector for said county and sta
for taxes due in year 1391.
Also, at the same time si
place, 800 acres of land, beii
lots ar.d parts of lots of land N
49 in the 8th District and Nos. 2
24, 39 and 70 in the 7th Distri
of said state and county. J.evii
on as the property of Henry (
Harris, agent, under and by virti
of an execution issued by Johp J
Sanders, tax collector, of sal
due state and county to satisfy tad
state and county for the J vd
1891.
Also, at the same time a
place, 50 acres of lot number 3
the 3rd. District of Craw fur
county, G’a. Levied on unc
and by virtue of an execution
sued by John M, Sanders, t
taxe -t O 'O st£te id state and and court)
or V) ue county f I
plaCe Also, 405 at the of same land< time be a]
acres J !
Nq 6g in the 7th Distric
ravv f 0rc j county, Ga. Levied
and by virtue of a tax fi i
issued by John M. Sanders,
of said state and coud ]
tQ sati , fy tlxes due for state
county for the year 1891.
Also, at the same time 1
place, 1000 acres of land, bel
lots and parts of lots of land 1
165 in the 8th District of Cr:
ford county, Ga., and
164, 173, 174, 181, 182, 154, ifl
and 102 in the same district.
1 d on a * the P r0 P ert y of J'
Howard and C. B. Howard
under and by virtue of a tax
issued by/ohn M. Sa iders, ■
for said state and couB
,axes and ““"‘I
the year 1891.
Also, at the same time
P^ lot ace number > oi m . actes the °^ Hurd nd * ^ J
„ ict o1 Crawford countv ,
Levied on as the property of
Newberry under and by virtui
an execution issued by Tohnj
Ssmclers, tax collector for j
state and county for taxes J
state and county for the
Eighteen hundred and
one ‘
Also, at the same time
place. 202 1-2 acres of land,
ing lot number 92 in the 7th ,
trict of Crawford county, 6’eor*
Levied on as the property 0
D. Smith to satisfy a tax execuj
issued by* /ohn M. .Sanders
taxes due the state and county
the year Eighteen hundred
ninety one.
Also, at the same t ; me
place. Lot of land No 206 in
First District and No. seventy
in the 7th District being H
acres. Levied on as the pro
of Mrs. W. O. Tuggle to
a tax execution issued by
M. Sanders, tax collector lo<M
state and county for state Eig ^
county taxes for the year
hundred and ninety one.
Jno. C. Culveihou.se, SUev^p
Dec* 31st, 18.91.
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