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VOLUME
LftAWFOBl) COUNTY.
Alb About* Her Lands, IFer
Trade an J HeirPeopler -
A BOOM' FOR * KNOX VILLE.
'JTlie Bailrbadif Coming-flood
Times Ahead.
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To most Georgians' tb6 name of Craw¬
ford' county is unfamiliar. -Ifs’-isolation
from railway, fecifitics and the stay-at-home
disposition Of its citizens, in a great mens-'
i re account for this. And the old town
of Knoxville, since the days of stage
coaches, has 51 never been A place of much
note. Although the county is called by
some wlin know nothing about it, the dark
corner of Congressman Blount’s * district,
still, there is nothing about it to. fed
ashamed of. The people of Crawford
as nearly out of debt as the citizens of any
neighboring county, and can lay claim to
as much refinement, both Social and men¬
tal. No where can a more-hospitable class
of people be forindji and industry 1 'and in¬
tegrity arc common virtues.
The writer, though a new-comer to this
county, has from a good deal of associa¬
tion in a short time, - ' learned- enough to
justify these assertions. '
Lying as it does, just Where the foot bills
of Middle Georgia moot flla great pine
belt of the State, its sail offers to the ag
■ lioulr.urist a rare opportunity for the cul¬
tivation of a variety of. crops. On the
same farm wiM? 1 thrive wheat aau.
cano, while peaches and apples attain to
splendid size and flavor. Our soil* will
produce any grain or fruit raised-in the
State. The long leaved pine and the
chestnut may he found on the same plant
ation, and almost the whole of the county
;* fine'land. 1 It may "be "truthfully said
that no part of the country can ezeeH this
as a farming country. ■ The great" distance
froin market has-kept our'people from
adopting superior methods in farming, but
the farmers raise‘their bread arid meat at
home and soil cotton, and cottou alone.
'The cotton crop cf (lie 1 county amounts
to at-khst 8:000 bales peri annum, .and the
entire crop is baiilcd to Macon on wagons,
some of it going thirty-dive miles. : In fact,
almost all the trading 1 is done there. Not
ovor $8,000 arc invested iri merchandise
irv Urawford -Sconnty. Hence, 1 it will be
piainlj"«cen that the local business is only
an infinitesimal part of thebusiness of the
county. Tne 1 ■ population of Crawford
county Is something over 8,000. They
have knowtv no market biit-Maeon, many
of them going thirty-five or forty miles ;
none travelling less than fifteen miles.
the facts in a concise manner,
the local .trade cf this county amounts to
§25,000 -annually, while>thc total trade of
Crawford county approximates ’$500,000
per anaum. The whole of this trade could
Lr# eiiMny controlled by a little capital
iy .invested at Knoxville and other
ubints. -The hew
-ATLANTA & FLORIDA RAILROAD
will traverse the length.Ol tlie bounty, and
its projection through hero-will create such
business opportunities as are rarely known,
and such-as will attract capit-ari-to s'much
more unattractive community.
the'chances for building up an immense
trade in this oounty are not surpassed aut
where. The'road will be Completed be
tween Atlanta and Koo'xville ih the eburs
ot about three months, and will quicken
La old county into now life, new zeal and
KNOXVILLE, GEORGIA., JAN. 2f,' 1888
market will becothe valuable,'and indus
hies which, for lack of shipping facilities,
have never been developed wfl! be estab
lishod and will-flourish:
Besides*' the Atfahtaifc Florida, a; other
railroad,
THt iu'eos & OPELIKA :
is being surveyed and will libA$ be built.
It WiH cross the first mentioned road at or
near fUwn, aatP'will traverse as rich a sec¬
tion as there is in the South." This will
ad one more grand inducement to those
which already "make'this a most desirable
location for new business, and the M. & 0
will make Knoxville an important railroad
junction?, !
What greater attraction can any place
offer? Our people are intelligent and
hospitable; onr hinds are good and cheap ;
health is good;’ water is good, and; m fact,
we caiV ‘ ofieri every inducement to those
wanting 1 goodhomes iu/A 1 growing commu¬
nity where provisions' and Tiber'are cheap,
and the Chances for doing 1 a good paying
business are unexcelled.
The •‘Ma-her'’ ll roken (Up.
One of- tiib courting men of tnis place,
while-fetsrrttng-frewri it vrsifto one of the
fair ones a few nights ■ ago, met a dog ill
the road that acted as if ritsd .- The ca¬
nine’s actions caused a-’ hbftthie ionite of
fear to tako-'tile- place of siveet reflections iri
the young man’s mind, and pwHing off his 1
“brain protecter !1 ’• ho feisty burned r the
wind at Maiid S. speed. His hair ft -be¬
ginning to lie down again. •
The reason why the paper has beeti' so
much longCr-in makingits appearance'than
was expected is because ottr printing force
is to# slow- for so fast a paper as The
JourxaE/ We expb'ct to be able in a short
time to rctnedy the' tfotibW '
1lfg“-Wo are' not acquainted with the
parties up North who liavc advertisements
in' the 1 pftper. : «wJ’ i c«ihiotTeconunend them
as being" reliable, hut so tar as we know
they are all pet fectily honest.
A negro Came in town the other day
driving a team of-mules to a large wagon,
and in the body of the wagon sat a large
tin vessel filled with blaziugjtorches. The
scene was a neve I one, but CulTce enjoyed
it bettor than Anyone else.
Read This. #
Tho notice below, copied from tin
Macon Telegraph, explains itself.
NOTICE/
Notico is hereby given that the legal
advertisementsotir respective offices wil.
hereafter appear in the Knoxville (Craw¬
ford county) Journal. January 16, 1888.
GEO. A-HARiLEY, L, SAWYER, Ordinary.
B. Sheriff.
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Snnkes and Thunder!
The Fort Valley Enterprise gets off tin
following: for email
. "We claim our town a negro
boy who can rake red coals of lire from tin
the fire place and eat them with as mucl
relish as a nice roast potato. He does not
use any preparation whatever on either hii
Hands or iu his mouth, which startles ah
the expeats- in fire eating who have scei
him perform this wonderful act. ThereL
no trick about-it, as we have seen hkjr di
it quite a number of times, and examine'
the coals of fire after he put .them in lib
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FROM. FAYETTEVILLE.
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Sbra-e Interesting Facts About:
tlfp Ti t+1 “ e T -*-°Wn.
THE FOOMINCT A. & F. k R.
Vhe It odd ’n tlosixlruetloa—Krw
ee’Heht Accommodutiou,
(sfltCTALCO nSRSPONUEisJCE TO JoUBNAsf
Fa*1b*teii .le, Ga.,’ Jan. 25 j 1888.
As the progress of tho Atlanta: atrd Florida
Railroad is of vital impoitauce to your
readers; I" will give you some interesting
news concerning.ft. Jt is certainly a bo¬
na fide read:"-The tnafir'discouragin^rc
markS’ahd dft quoted' phases have been
aimed at the road that is now fast de¬
veloping into a Materialization of every
one’s hopes-. The track- is in splendid
conffitftfo . , Betrifeea
this poffit aiid'the Gate
City;' The''surfacing has been completed
beyond* this ‘point, : alt ht>%h they (the sur
facing gang), are not yet 1 up with the track
laying force. Thrdfe
duty ca'the A, '& ’F.' Ona-doei'tbe-SAfri:
ing of material for the working force, and
the others ate funning "daily‘[except Sun
day] betweeu hcrc ahd Atlanta, A regular'
sqhed^e modation has'kAt, ft &ch put on ahd the accom¬
Atlanta* here fit and the 'morning, spend the dav in
r&itirri hbnie fur stipner. Or
they can-Iteive here iff the afternoon ect
tbcra'And-: attend the'6'peta at nfoht make
their 1 jbwcha.es next Wningiaud return
home for dinner/ The management are
doing all that Ik "possible for the Conve
vonrence Bf the'Stations to which tlie r&fl
has been" tomptetod. i’askenger coacucs
are snpplied'toeacfotrafn. ‘The eoiidtl'ctors
and engineers'Erie a sobfer, gentlemanly
and reliable c'rewt atd’ UWcntive tN paskeri
gers. The freight iaij.tiHed-«dtft despatch
and CAre. Of coursh nothing but mixed
trains have beeti putbh as yht. The time
table issued fokt WMk'gfves thekeifedule to
W’oolsfeyviile, and" (he track is completed
to that pbitit. ’All trains for Atlahia will
start from that‘ 1 place after tnis Week. The
road is gfaduhily extbildihg 'its encroaeh
meat, until soon you '6an hear the
whistle of thc'lbcomotivb as it stops at the
depot site at Knoxville, The first town
any impottabceis •’
PA VETTEVILLe 1 ‘ ; •
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1 his quiet little town', after slumliering
tor half a century, lias awakened from its
state of lethargy, and is now one of the
growing towns-of Georgia I would not
havs you think that it is on a boom ; that
is to bo regarded as miraculous. But
that it on-a boom (bere is no doubt; It is
growing steadily. I hope that the towns
on tho A. & K will contimiailyag row.
There is some improvement going on at
this place. The depot is nearly completed.
Building lots with about 7E feet front and
extending back 130 feet are selling for $100
You can purchase land'at? $200 autcre,
which is cheaper, but not ad desirable and
is not on the streets which are now open
One new store has been completed and
stocked, another is boing liult'with others
to hear from 1 . One residertco has been
completed, and five others are being erod¬
'd. This is a good showiug, considering
the fact that the railroad has been here
mly one month. Tho' trusteeS of tlie
lelrool have secured the setrlcesof anUle
iJucator, and the town 'has a flourishing
icifool, with much "brighter prosi|ct 9 ,
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NUMBER 1.
There are two’churclics here—-Methodist
and'Baptist. No sectarian animosity exists,
and the citizens are as unit in striving
ir the religious, moral, educactional and
monetary advancement of the town. This
is as it should be, W tforjt chit keep pace
witnthe worjd’s progress that is divided on
everything that tends to upbuild it ' Prof. "
Howell B. Parker and bis "accomplished '
wife are in charge of the academy. Miss
Kitty Hudson, of Jonesboro, has a class in
art and one in muilc. Icin ^foly assert
without tire-fear of contradiction that she; '
is one of' the best musicians 'in Middle
Georgia. AR an artist she has'few equals. '
•t.iss Hudson has 1 been here bet a short
tune, but since her arrival sbe has etideared :
herself to the good people of Fayetteville.
She is pretty, piquant, vivacious and ' •
cultured, .
hud l ean truly say that Jones- '
boro’s loss is Fayetteville's gain.
: The County Commissioners have let the
contract for $7,700 worth of improvement
on the court'house, all to be.dflatest de¬
sign. Mr. Smith, a well known con¬
tractor of i Sparta 1 , will hav'e" charge o f the
work.
: Representing 'Fayette ville I send greeting
to Knoxville, and hope tnat with
tiro aid of The JocrhaE she vVilt keep pace
with the fvorid; 'and outstrip kllothcr towns
that may vie with her.
Success to The 'JourvAl. ' K.
, ? S f” ^ ' in nr ‘eresting d^y in Bowling IawsmtHvas (ireen in district progress in
0glethor P e county; on which several Bap
tlsts were on notes given for money
£ b ® “J"* ' ,tf taiUto *j£ e Theological Sem
Wen ^ * at ^ hattanoo S a Molding -Tennessee. (be The case
dotes,
Dooly cbuiiiy 5s idfekfod with a band of
outlaws who ajme'to a iwin’a hoilse. tireat
e h h’is life arid't'ake'his nioifey. The last
depredation' of tuo hind was bade about
four days ago on old mart Thompson, who
tmticd o^er only six dollars;'' The people
oftRal Purity are getting dxcited over this
,1>usiness a,ul somebody."will swing before
Um ° l( the S are Successful in discovering
au J , of ttte ' tlis(ii ‘ r3 .
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On VasiSatufday Mr. W. B. White, a
SeutFcman eighty-three years old; died at
Ws horte at Hickbry Grove.
On "Thursday night Mrs. Jane Samlefiw
of this county depat ted this life. She was
very bid.
AVe are in receipt Of h eard from Mr. W»
H, Dent, ofthe Brilliant restaurant at Ma¬
con'; 'CaptAin Dont is bound to do well.
Mr. Etheridge, a farmer living in Jones
county rtdari GrisiVoldvilie, had a terrible
search on Monday night fur- his little boy
about three years old The baby strayed
off into Hie Woods and'although a party
searched alj night they could not find bini
Next tBbfnihg the litile fellow was found,
fast aslcOj) leaning against a tree near a
creeks He was terribly cold, but was sooa
resuscitated.’
MrB.'Ef.Tk Byin'sjton has purchased o
half iuterest tho Colrnnb'us Ledger, and
with the help" of her husbaud will edit it.
An ineendiary fire at 'Toomsboro last
Friday night destroyed the stole of C, li >
Duncan. .This makes the second inccmli .i - ;
this '
ry fire winter aud the Tooiusburo pei)
pie are hot.
Last Thursday tCe'tAin TAifft.-rO^
railroad branch at Millcdgcv.llc.ra , ...
and cut ia two a negro boyabuu' six
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