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to oftimiE .101 liNir. • VOLUME LftAWFOBl) COUNTY. Alb About* Her Lands, IFer Trade an J HeirPeopler - A BOOM' FOR * KNOX VILLE. 'JTlie Bailrbadif Coming-flood Times Ahead. d”* 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. —• 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 '• FROM. FAYETTEVILLE. " y 1 - ----- ■ ' 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 ‘ ; • , 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 , ...»• 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 . ntkb 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 old* > -