THE KNOXVILLE JOURNAL.
VOLUME I.
ALL OVER GEORGIA.
Jacob Walton, of Augusta, has a duck
thatjays black eggs.
There were 281 marriage llc.-nses issued
jn Burke county last year.
The streets of Athens are soon to be
paved with Belgian blocks.
The oil mill and guano factory at Con¬
yers is doiug a good business.
Albany will probably have a cotton ex¬
change in time for next season.
A gun contest between Jesn p and Gra¬
ham will be shot next Saturday
Waynesboro people have subscribed
$28,000 to tbe new bauk project.
Hawkinsville had received up to Wednes¬
day morning 19,811 bales of cotton.
A handsome spire will be erected on tbe
Presbyterian church at Dalton soon.
Two Mormon preachers arc still preach¬
ing in tbe eastern part of Terrell county.
The shipment of sau.-ago from Dalton
hasfbecome a Business of considerable pro¬
portions.
The steamer Aid now plying the Flint
river, is said to have made $1,000 in one
week recently.
The law class of 1888 is the largest ever
in the State University, containing about
twenty members.
Timber lands in Southwest Georgaa are
s lid to be offered for sale at Albany at 25
to 50 ceuts per acre.
It is authentically stated that half the
city of Ualton is located upon a rich bed
of tine variegated marble.
It is admitted that there were $60,000
spent for whisky in Dodge county the
year previous to prohibition.
Workmen have been busy for almost a
week in putting up the new town clock in
the,new court house at Amoricus.
James T. Corley says lie will soon want
2.600 cress tics for the first mile of th
street railroad at Covington.
T. P. Parks, a negro, has ’ registered at
the Ordinary’s office in Terrell comity as a
physician, and will practice among his race,
W. H. Finley, of neer Dalton raised a
globe turnip last fall measuring 26 inches
in circumference aud weighing seven pounds
Tbe Chattanooga Scales Company is
seeking a location at Oaitersville, and have
been offered libe.al inducements by the
citizens of the town.
Saturday night some miscreant stole the
street lamp from in front ot thehSt. James
Hotel at Dawson. The post was tatcen
away with the lamp.
J. Theodore Gurney, patentee and man¬
ufacturer of the famous Gurney cabs, is
at Rome for the purpose of putting a lint
of cabs on the streets.
There are now in Houston county forty
seven licensed school teachers, and that
number of schools are heing taught, or will
be at a very early date.
As James Carey was driving along the
road near his home in Sumpter county a
few days ago a tree was blown dowu on
him, dislocating his sheulder.
Frank Finch, a young graduate of tin
State University, was Killed near Quitman
Weduesday. He, with two companions,
was horseback riding and decided upon a
KNOXVILLE, GEORGIA., FEB. 10, 1888
race on tne road between the residences of
Hon. H. G. Turner and F. J. Spain. The
saddle turning caused Finch's horse to dart
through the woods and dashed him agsinst
a tree, crushing his skull.
The gentlemen who are to establish the
canning fastory at Quitman have ordered
the necessary machinery. The machinery
will have a capacity of 10,000 cans a day.
As James Cary was driving along the
road near his home in the Fifteenth district
of iSuenter county, a day or two ago, a tree
was blown down on him, dislocating his
left shoulder.
There are 8,000 miles of railroad in
Georgia, forming a complete network, well
distributed as to locality aud sections, and
reaching 100 out of the 137 counties of the
State. The probable valueis $80,000,000.
Montezuma has received up to date over
1, 000 bales of cotton moie this season
than for the san e time last year. The
farmers are in a better condition now than
last year. Some of them have cotton on
hand.
Ida Atkinson, colored, had a child
stolen by a negress at Augusta at noou
Wednesday, who disgnised herself as a
milk seller. The police have been notified
of tne theft, but the child has not been re¬
covered.
There has bean more building and improve
mcnl in Cuthbert during the last year than
for a number of years, and it is still going
on. There are no vacant residences in the
city and several are now in course of con¬
struction.
One bank at Ha wkinsville loaned $30,000
last year to farmers, and every note except
one was paid promptly. Only one mort¬
gage against a farmer was foreclosed in
Pulaski county this season, and that was
not done by the bank. .
Hon. C. 0. Post, formerly ot Chicago,
but for the last year a citizen of Douglas
ville, has purchased the entire interest in
the canning factory, and on Tuesday broke
dirt for the building. He will have it
ready lor the next fruit and berry crop,
Saturday near Longview, Dodge county,
Bullard Harrell, a co orcd boy aged ten
years, threw two children of James Pobe,
colored, into a kettle of boiling water,
boiling them to death, and killed a third
child by heating its brains out against a
tree.
At Milledgeville on Thursday while
Jack Stroherg, a young white man from
Macon, was painting on a scaffold on the
Georgia railroad bridge over the Oconee
river, he lost his balance and fell about
forty feet among the rocks, being killed
instant y
John Whitaker, a negro of Dawson, has
goue crazy because at the last colored con¬
ference he was not given an appointment
to preach. Whitaker is the negro who
was elected directly after the war to repre¬
sent Terrell county in the Constitutional
C avenelen.
At Way cross a lew days ago I. R. B.
James, son of W. T. James, of Ware coud
ty, had Drs, Folks and Carswell cut a tu¬
mor about the size of a goose egg from his
throat, uhe operation was quite a deli¬
cate one, but was successfully performed,
and the patient is doiug well.
Last Friday a larg drove ol bl ck birds
approached near to the residence of Mr
F. W. Curtright, about six miles cast of
Perry. Mr. Curtright was not at home, but
Mru Curtright dete mined that she would
have some of those birds. She went out
with a gun in her hands, and fired the load
from one barrel into tbe drove of birds
killing 68 of them. This feat establishes
her as the champion “lady sportsman'' of
Houston county.
Jim Whittoll, a negro, was arrested
Monday night in the lower part of Doug¬
las county, charged with stealing a horse
and wagon. He was placed in the custo¬
dy of John Long, and that night managed
to shoot Mr. Long twice and escape. Both
wounds are flesh wounds in the right arm,
and are not serious.
A colored man who lives near Smith ville
reports that on Monday night some un¬
known partes dressed up like ghosts, came
to his house and trird to frighten him.
They groaned and beat tin pans and walk¬
ed around his house for an hour or more
when he finally drove them off by threat¬
ening to shoot them.
L, McManus & Co. and Philip Doha &
sons will soon commence the erection of a
large furniture factory at Macon. It will
be located on the land now leased by Hays
& Mansfield, and will be built with a spe¬
cial view to the manufacture of the finer as
well as tbe cheaper grades of furniture.
Nine-tenths of the wood used by them will
be Georgia-grown.
An ex-Confederate soldier who had his
lower jaw shot off during the war was at
Calhoun a day or two ago and applied to a
physician for a certificate, that he might
draw a pension under the recent act of the
Legislature. He is terribly Inconvenienced
about eating, but otherwise is able to
work. It is not believed that a pension
will be granted him.
J. J, Kinchen, of Hawkinsville, during
the past year, van five plows, and made
106 bales of cotton, averaging 530 pounds
per bale, 1,600 bushels of corn, 1,000
bushels of peas, 400 bushels of potatoes,
aud au abundant supply of fodder and oth¬
er provender. In addition to the above
extraordinary 4,000 crop, Mr. Kinchcn saved
pounds of pork.
Charles Jones, the fireman on the tram
engine of L. Johnson & Co., at Johnson
ville, in Appling county, was ruu over by
his engine Feb. 28. The engine ran over
his left foot, mashing it from his instep, to
his toes, and caught his rignt thigh and
mashed and mangled it His foot has been
amputated, and his physicians are trying
to save hi? leg, but have little hopes of do¬
ing so.
John R. Veasey, who until Wednesday
traveled lor L. A. R- Reabs wholesale liq¬
uor house of Augusta, commi.te l suicide
Thurs lay night by taking an overdose of
laudanum at his room in J. J. Palmer’s
boarding house at Augusta. Every means
were tried to recuscbate Mr. Veasey but
withont effect. Mr, Veasey is from War
rent >n and once represented Warren county
in the State Legislature. He was a wid¬
ower. Financial trouble is assigned as tne
canse of this rash act.
Uncommon.
From Tax Collector Thames we learn that
there is a lady living iu Knoxville who
has not tasted a drop of water in thirty
years. The lady is Mrs. Sam, Lowe and
she is seventy years old. She has never
taken more than two spoons-ful of water,
all put together, in her life. She has been
comparatively healthy and can give no
r e; son for not drinking water. This is in
a stran g e caw.
NUMBER 3.
Aisthelfc Neighbors.
We have known for some time that o
neighbors in Fort Valley were people of
good taste; people who can not tolerate
the abuse of a divine art any more than
they will admit ot their generosity aud hos¬
pitality being insulted.
On Wednesday last the Valley was in¬
vaded by the bagpipe bandits, who sought
to torture a refined community into meas
ures unreasonable. Tha Highlanders were
antagonised by a body of the citizens who
ordered the “bonnie laddies” to emigrate
in five minute’s time This the Scotch
refused to do, where npon the Valleyites
brought forth siteks with which they beat
a quickstep upon the persons of the dark
song of Scotland whom they drove forth
from their homes and their market places,
and compelled them to quiet the voices
their instruments.
Kiid Herds,
Fori Valley Mirror :
“Tne first number of the Knoxville
Journal was published Friday, Jan. 27th
1888. The paper is ruu by Mr. Percy V.
Howell and will be wholly devoted to the
iuterest of Knoxville and the surrounding
country. The Journal is an eight page pa¬
per and will no doubt give Crawford the
advertising and general booming it has been
iu need of so long. We wish the Journal
many subscribers and a hearty welcome.”
Fort Vaidey Enterprise :
“The Knoxville Journal is the name of
a new paper ju.-t issued at Knoxville, Craw¬
ford County. Mr. Percy V. Howell, is
tbe editor and proprietor. We trust that
Mr- Howell will meet with success far be¬
yond his expectations, and we are glad to
place his paper on our exchange list, au
we welcome him as our neighbor.
Editor of Knoxville Journal.
lhave just received the second issue ot
your papor, and most cheerfully consent
that you may add my name to your list of
subscribers. For the people of Knoxville
and the county of Crawford I entertain
the warmest and most kindly feeling, and
hail W> h pleasure any enterprise that is
intended to promote their interests. 1
have the most cherished recollections of
the people of my old county, who have
given me their confidence and support,
and will always stand among the foremot
in contributing everything in my power
to advauco their prosperity.
I am rejoiced to see as a result of the
railroad which will soon be completed
to Knoxville, tbe establishment of a news¬
paper, which is always the harbinger of
better and more prospjrous days. With
her natural resource, and a population
distinguished for enterprise, intelligence
and moral worth 1 hope and expect to see
Crawford assnme that prominence commer¬
cially which it has always commanded so¬
cially, morally and intellectually among
the influential counties of the State.
I trust you may succeed in perma¬
nently establishing a paper that will rep¬
resent the interest of a people whom 1
know well and for whom I have the
highest regard.
Very Respectfully,
L. D. Moore.
Macon, Ga., Feby. 8, 1888.
Penitentiary companies 2 aud 8 paid in-
1 1 the State Treasury $5000 this week.
This amount was imposed upon the least- a
as flues last September by Uov. Gordou
for alleged cruel treatmeut of convicts;
