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VOLUME I. THE PUBLIC ROADS. “W’s” Able Disquisition on this Important Question. TARIFF REFORM DOCTRINE. The Great Sugar Ti-nst-Siomc Paragiuplis of S^assiag invents. It is about time for a continuation of my former article which appeared in The Journal two weeks ago, and this will probably be a conclusion on that, line. The public roads of the county and the very dsfective system of working them ought to engage the attention of every citizen; and it is certainly in order, it it ever was or ever will be, for suggesting and caarving into effect different and better methods for putting in order and keeping in good con¬ dition the roads. All will readily admit the truth of the foregoing, and admit further that there is a remedy for the evil —that it can bo removed, and that the ad¬ ditional expense which would necessarily attend the introduction of a new system would be comparatively light and would not last longer than two or three years No reasonable person can expect first-class ways of travel unless there were some different plan to that in operation in our county for working and keeping up these Those who have this thing in charge arc not by any means culpable; for these parties do remarkably well consider¬ ing the many difficulties with which they have to contend iu performing their sever¬ al duties under the law which governs road working in this county. The roads of a number of Counties in Georgia are Worked with convict labor ; and, for the most part. reads in those counties are in good fix. Crawford’s people are taxed for the trial and conviction by the courts of those who violate the laws of the State within her - bounds. This is proper; but. inst*ad of these criminals being sent from the County and placed upon public works, or chain gangs, in other counties, it appears that they could he advantageously worked on Crawford county roads. In this way our citizens would derive some benefit from the tax imposed upon them for the purpoie of. enforcing laws against crime. This, iu itself, would not bo sufficient for keeping the roads in such condition as they ought to he : but it could be supplemented by a road tax, and in this way the roads throughout the county couM soon be put and kept in tine condition. This kind of system would be a groat improvement on the old plan which has been tried sufficiently to convince every body.that it is seriously defective in its every feature, is the principal cause of bad roads and should, as soon as practicable, he displaced by the introduction of a now and better system. Some rnay be in doubt as to the right of a county to levy a tax for this purpose. If any of our people are troubled with such a doubt, they can ho relieved olit by reading the second para¬ graph of the sixth section of our State Con¬ stitution, which provides that the General Assembly of Iho State shall have the pow¬ er to delegate to any county the right to levy a road tax. By a proper and judi exercise of this right the burden of working public, roads can he eo adjusted that every one who is subject to road duty will have to bear his just and equitable part of this burden and not- be forced to do any thing more than that. The writer deems all of the suggestions that aro herein contained as timely, and thinks that they carry KNOXVILLE, GEORGIA., MARCH 2, 1S8H with them sufficient merit to influence some kind of action on the part of the cit¬ izens of the county, every one of whom is directly interested, whether he feels any interest or not, in her future welfare. The time has arrived when Crawford County money ought to be expended in Crawford county ; when there should he uuited effort to establish a home market for her products; when overy orio should labor earnestly for the introduction of new enterprises and for the success of all com industries. A number of young men, who have proved themselves to be men of busi¬ ness and such men as our county cannot well afford to lose, have been forced to leave home in search of employment This, with other things that might be mentioned and which are equally as hurtful, ought not to be, and it behooves our people to pull for a change. Here is the question, and these hints are left with you; Wouldn’t it be much bet. ter for us to build-up and maintain first class schools, to lostir new industries, to work for the establisntnaut a of market in the county town of our county until wo get it, and for the promotion, in general, of Crawford’s every interest, than to eon linoc in the old way and let our county s uffer- from our negligence? There is woj;k for all and no time tor idleness. \V A E* o «s £ r l'tt ri ll” IS e ft rni • A tariff is a tax, and the purpose Of a tax is to raise money for the support of government- Anything move than enough to support, improve and protect is unnec¬ essary and not in accord with the spirit and intention of the constitution of the United States. To extort more, money from the people than is necessary for the support of government is robbery, The huge surplus in the treasury, despite the extravagant use of millions annually, is proof of itself that the government is rob¬ bing the people- Under the outrageous protection laws the farmers are made to pay tribute to the manufacturers of the country.' Tliisisp'aln truth. The gov ernmeut has placed such a heavy tax upon all foreign goods brought to this country that the factory men of the United States are enabled to sell their goods at prices to suit themselves, ami the farmers, being the consumers of seven-eights of the products, are obliged to pay the manufacturers of this country what the goods are worth and the per cent besides which would be exact¬ ed as tax if the goods came from another The government has no move right to ex¬ act protection taws for one class- of indus f ries against another than it has to take one man’s private property and give it to another. We believe in protection that pro oot i the people, but not in discriminative laws that foster monopoly in certain indus tres to the detriment of other industries. National laws that militate against the agricultural interests of a people area curse. '& FUSES, A “trust,” so-called, of which ew hear so much of late, is nothing more nor less than a giant monopoly, grasping, irrespon¬ One sible and ruinous to the country. of the most dangerous of those with is the recently announced “Sugar Trust," a capital of $00,000,000, which has already secured the control of nearly all of the important refineries, and will soon have absolute con¬ trol of the entire business in the United States. It will not only bankrupt of the sugar planter by dictating the price his crop, but will extort millions from the con¬ sumer. To independent American citizens these rapacious monopolies will soon be¬ come unendurable ; and, unless Congress provide^ speedy and effective relief, there is going to he an upheaval ot political par¬ ties iu this country,—McDuffie Journal SANDY FT. AND CERES The Farming interest in Dif¬ ferent Parts. AFFAIRS IN VARIOUS TOWNS. Stilling- 841 ISabbits on a Blunt —3I»\ John AsidrcAVS iftad. SautEy Point Siftings. BY DAVE. The freeze has done considerable damage to the oat crop. Assume of the farmers had planted their corn crops before the freeze, they will have the pleasure (?) of planting again. The school is still making rapid tndes upward. There arc 45 pupils now iu at¬ tendance. Mr. Kingman Lowe spent last Sunday with the family- of Mrs. L. V. Lowmau. Air. vVili Ellis, formerly of this place, but now of near Holton, is spending sev¬ eral days with relatives. Will has many warm friends at this place who hope to see him make a success of farming. Mrs. J. N. Hums, an estimable lady-, died on the 25th inst., and was buried at Salem church last Sunday. The funeral services were conducted by the Rev. I. Grant. Eddie Causey, son of Mr. S. H. Causey, is rfliite sick. We hope to see him well soon. Why don’t everybody subscribe for the Knoxville Journal? It is one of the best papers published It is young, but did you ever see anything grow like it ? Every paper is better than the last. It helps you, then why don’t you help it by sen ding in the dollar ? We would rather do without our supper any time than miss getting The Journal. Items E-’s-om Ceres. BY WATCWXAX. The farm wagons of this section carry an odor with them which guano alone can give. Mr. .T. Webb went ont hunting one (lay la3t week and killed twenty-four rabbits. Some of our hoys have been staying at home very close this year—waiting for “loop-year calls” I guess. Now hoys if you tiy it much longer, you will find out that one of the three things the old qusker woman wandered at'is not true; Ooe of the young men of your town paid our ville a visit last Friday on (courting) business. The oat crop of this section is very promising. The boys of our neighbor town don’t give the girls any chance, they make culls every night and write six notes daily. We have a man in our neighborhood who seldom read a paper, the same man was among the first to subscribe for the Journal and reads it regularly. Mr. J. B. Jackson, after a long stiy with relatives and friends of this county, left Monday for his homo in Hernando county Florida; The health of this neighborhood is dis¬ tressingly good at present. Our doctor has time to chop wood for his mama and work the garden. Mrs. G. E. Harrison and family arrived in our ville Sunday. They have lived in the State of Louisiana for six years, but will make Crawford their future home. Of all the good select the host. Crawford’s good health—fertile lands of the West. One of the young men of onr neighbor- NUMBER 6. hood (who is pushed up tor time) ivants to know if he could go to school on Sunday where'there would be but one pupil. The reply from a school mistress was: “You* can go to Sunday school!and'prayer meet ing. Ileg. J. A. Jackson and his daughter, Miss Liliie Jackson were in our town, Monday, the guests of Mr. and Mrs. M, J, Moore. One of onr citizens went nut to survey tiie angry clouds Sunday night, and while so doing thought—where could I carry my cavcass to bo safe from this cyclone. «• B’». U-tler.. Ceres, Ga., Feb. 28. mr. ewtor :—Please allow me a little smco in your paper. I have seen a copy of The Journal, and’ am glad to know that Knoxville is on enough of a boom to have a printing office. I am proud for Crawford county, as it is my- old home. I am thirty-nine years old, and have spent most of my days at farming, and r think that if is a fine occupation when a farmer raises his own meat, wheat, corn, oafs, syrup, etc., and that kind of a farmer is most always out of.debt. Small grain crops are looking well now, and I think there are more planted than usual. Mr. Milton Moore has planted tl:e whole of the Ray place in oats, and they are coming up and looking we!i. Farmers have been busy preparing to plant corn,, but the rains have stopped them For a» while. Mr. John Andrews, an aged citizen of Meriwether county, died last w^elc and was brought here to his old residence for burial. Ga H. B, The old Indian silver mine has been* found in Fannin county. Watts, Sher¬ wood & Ware have leased it. The land belongs to Pinckney Davis-, and it is sup.* posed, judging from the tests made, to be very valuable. The paper mill at Athens made a sheet of paper last week that was 5 feet wide and 6 miles long without a break in it. Covington,, with 2,000- inhabitants, is, like Perry, without a Hebrew resident. Several counterfeit jollars and hull dol lirs have been found iu circulation at Griffin. Col. Jonathan Norcross will attempt to* get the Comity Commissioners to appro— priate .$ 200.000 for Fulton county in aid* of the Atlanta and-Selma railroad. The City Council of Milledguville has ; passed a dog law, compelling owners of' dogs not only to get out a badge by paying into the treasury $2 for it, hut also to muzzle the dogs to prevent them from biting people. Mr. and Mrs. lYilliam Withcrington,. husband and wife, near Naylor, iu Lowndes comity, died last Sunday. Their son, John Witherington, 21. years old, died on Thursday last, and Mrs. Santerfeit„ their daughter, is not expected to live, and’ two of the younger children are lying quite ill. They were all sick with the fever of the same type, and it was doubtless from some local cause. -J. R. Van Buren, of Griswold ville, ha^; the contract to furnish all th - cross-ties for the Covington and Macon road, the entire from Macon-to Athens. All the cross needed to complete the road to Madi¬ son will be cut on the lands of Mr. Van Buren, and he has 100 able-bodied hands', at work, who cut as rapidly as the; construction force cun lay tho ties.