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L OVER GEORGIA.
wfordvilie had a $15,000 Sre on the
ilk
p Sandersvillo "high school numbers
p 200 pupils.
p stationary bill of the Kimball House
lanta is said to be $1 200 a year.
omasviile is agitating the question of.
tor hotel. The town is full of
;ers
Bout 10,000,000 feet of timber will l,c
Bired at the boom, at Darien, during
Buonlh.
■ If lodga of the American Legion ef
has been organized atTenuillo with
It twenty-five charter members.
■mans have subscribed $35,000 of the
1)00 needed to secure the location of
lout-hern Scale Works'Ll that city.
I M. Davenport reports the sale of an
Imine near Tallapoosa during the past
I. The consideration was $25,060.
Jury lauson Clausen of the largo cracker house
& Sons, of Chareistuu, will start
leker ami candy factory at Augusta.
fc'aota now claims to'h ive 72,000 in¬
puts, 10 banks with $2,225,000 cap-
1140 miles of streets and 160,000 feet
L werage.
Imgressmsu A. D. Candler has infro
|d a bill for an appropriation of tj|25,
for establishing a government office of
lysiu Gainesville.
is reported that there i-s not-a farm in
or liberty counties under mortgage
the same may be said of many counties
wiregrus region.
hundred aces of melons will be
adjacent io the 178 mile turnout in
county. Last year not more than
acres were planted in that section.
1 ttie Forest-, the 12-year-old
of Bud Chesser, living in -Forestvillc,
from a pair of stills and broke his left
clout six inches lelow the hip joint.
P. K. Boyd, of Calhoun county, is
of (ho most extensive farmers in
He runs between ninety and 100
and will use about 7000 tons of for¬
cers this year.
Flie premium list for the Art and Flora!
ir to be held in Albany* May 2, 3 and 4,
I been published. The awards are iiber
aud numerous, and the fair promises to
a great success.
Alex Brown, a negro who was in the
bit of getting drunk once a week at
iniptch, lay down on the railvroad truck
o night left week and was cut all to
tees by a freight train.
A party irom Now York is negotiating
Ith parties at Tallapoosa for-fhe establish
lent ofcheniical worksin Tallapoosa, and
In in connection with Rio charcoal iron
[rliace to utilize the charcoal,
[Mrs, Nettie Keasler attempted suicide
| Tocc-oa Wednesday by taking morphine,
lie was saved by doctors. Her husband
as once a clergyman, but liquor brought
pi to a very disgraceful condition.
The Confederate Survivors’ Asaociaiiou
f nforgau county have dec.ideil to build a
Lmimcnt to the memory of tlie'Confcder.
fc dead lurried at Madison. These soldiers
ere all, or nearly all. from other states.
A lew days ago seme of S* S. Tison’s
amis were crossing the Savannali river in
ffingl.am county when the boat turned
vt-r, throwing them’into the water- A
ban woman and two children were
Irowuccl.
The ricc-plantcrs on the Aitamaha will
( . heaiJ fiom at the next Macon State
foil*. President W. J. Northern, of the
leorgia State Agricultural Society, will
isit Darien and other sea-coast cities be
[we long.
The Grand -Jury of DeKalb -Saperier
Gjurt has found four indictments against
Maj. J. W. Green, General Manager of the
Georgia railroad, for running freight trains
oti the Sabbath day later than the hour
allowed by law.
On Friday morning last a freight on the
Central railroad, nenr Miiien, parted and
t he -rear part ran into the forward part,
wrecking two or three car*. A printer,
named !)• M* Pyle, of Savannah, was
mashed to ceath in the Wreck.
The proprietors of the Georgia Factory
at Athens have had ant engineer at their
place examining the power, and it is said
ho reports plenty of water power to run
another factory, and before ! next season
opens another factory will be in operation
there.
W. J. Breitenbaeh has invested in a 5C0
acre farm, the old Kendrick place between
Albany and Baker comity. Mr, Breiteu
bach proposes to cut this property into
ten smaller farms and erect a cottage on
each one and soli them ofl again on the
installment plan.
At Abbeville, Shop. W. G. "Rogers’ baby
boy just beginning to walk, walked up to
bis brother Wills’ little ox and hit him
The ox not liking it caught him on his
horns and tossed him ton or twelve facet,
bruising him a good deal, but did not break
any bones. He is nearly Well
Miss Del Carter, of Lumpkin, possesses
a curious memento of the workmanship of
ol i limes, ft is a beautiful seasheli with
the Lord's prayer nicely engraved upon it
in Roman characters. This sliel! she re¬
ceived from her great-grandmother. It
lias been in the family* more than fifty years.
Scab Grimsley had a preliminary hearing
before Justices Jones and filclauchlin at
Mcllae last Monday, charged with the
offense of rescuing William Killebrew from
Telfair jail -Dec. 1-5, and Grimsley was
bound over in the sum of -$100 to appear
at the April term of Telfair Superior Court.
At CarterSvilie, Mrs. Mary Collins, wife
of judge Aaron Collins, was stricken with
paralysisjSunday, ana died. She had never
entireiv recovered from the severe shock
which she received when Judge Collins!
house was blown up with dynamite, and
doubtless that was the remote, if no i Ibc
immediate cause of her death.
Tho organization of a graphite company
was perfected at (lartersvilie. Feb. 22, with
a capital of $50,006. The works will be
located at'Stegall’s station, and will no
doubt be erected at once. Col. Jones has
done considerable mining for graphite near
there, and the prospect for a large yield of
the raw material is said to be excellent.
A1 ... -Lumpkin T , . a lew days , ago a dude , ,
while walking with bis sweetheartf gather.,
ing violets and other spring flowers, saw a
beautiful striped animal near, which ap
peared so tame and fearless that he propos
cd to catch it for his dulcenca to pet. He
caught it, Mint when he got home he had
urgent , need for , ail entire .. outfit of clothing. .
A certain mart in Oglethorpe county who
works at the trade of blacksmithing, never
being blessed with a son to help him in
his Shop, has a daughter who well supplies
the deficiency. She wields the sledge with
a grae and power that would pru many
members of the steru-e,* sex to shame, and
withal is described as a most attractive
young -woman.
Dink Garter (colored) about 18 years of
age, who had been employed until recently
at tlie hotel at Fairburn, was arrerted and
lodged in jail Tuesday evening by Marshal
Reynolds, Tor anoffense which will secure
him a place on the chain-gang. He wrote
and scut by hand to a respectable white
girl living with the family of John Camp,
an obscene, vulgar, very piofaue and abu
sive letter, containing villainous threats
against her life.
ROBERT COLEMAN BOLIVKR II. RAY JOHN N. BIRCH
COLIMAN 1 AI & CO
Maoon, - - mm m mm m 'Georgia,
Dealers in Groceries, Plantation Supplies, Kentucky Mules
and Fertilizers. Tlie fallowing brand of fertilizers on band :
NAVASSA ACID. NAVASSA COTTON FERTII r
IZK.R, GEORGIA PACIFIC GUANO.
We keep a supply of tbe above goods at Fort Valley for the
convenience of our Crawford county customers, which can be
had on application to us.
Joseph Thorn, an old and honored citizen
of Albany, died in that city on Sunday
night last. He was one of the first settlers
and oldest citizens of Albany having moved
there when it was a pin • wilderness, with
only a few rude houses dotting an opening
on the banks of the river. Mr. Tin rn was
a native of r Bordentown, „ , , , j\, T J*, - , but , came m -
Ills earlv " and vigorous manhood to tbe
idly ... developing , .. .. bomb ,, am, ea.-,i Ins fm
with its people, to whom ho was ever true
in word and work.
O. R. Blount, postmaster of Zaitlee post
office, Montgomery . county, , wisher . , .. to i know
the whereabouts of two girls, whose mother
is dead and their father’s name is forgotten
Their mother's maiden name was Margaret
Blount, who lived in Savannah, Ga., when
a child. The two girls and their father
last heard from—about twelve or fifteen
years ago. Mr. Blent would like to cor¬
respond with either of said girls or their
father, ifliving, or any friend who 'fcmld
give any information about the family.
April »!jci-irt‘*s Hales.
/GEORGIA, Crawford County: Will be
U sold before the court house door in
the town of Knoxville, A*prll said county, .on
*'■ the : first Tuesday In Text within
tbe scribed legalhours legal property, hours of of to sale, sale, wit: the the Whole following following lots de- de¬ of
land numbers half forty-five of lot number and fifty-one.
and tlie North seven¬
ty-nine in the Seventh district of said
county, making in the aggregate five
hundred six and one-fourth acres, more
or less, levied on as the property of L- T.
: Lee to satisfy two fi fas issued from tbe
Superior court of said county—one in fa
vor of T. O. Bkellie vs. L. T. Lee, and
Han ' 13 agajnst sa,d
Also at the Same time and place lots of
l a « dal tfe^nth^ldsuiet^of^smd
county, containing in the aggregate four
as^jm^rty ofT'A Lo^to
satisfy a fi fa i -sueu from the Superior
^'°'Ya."ainst Also”at the-same L^'aud'^s'^Lee time and place lot of
number one hundred in the Sixth
district of said county, containing two
’j^s'Ievied Guv’r, ori as the^roperty fa issued from o“f °J * the W.
to satisfy a fi
'^eTgahEfs.Wdj! 11 ^ " ° f
Gurrr
following ’aIso at the described same time property and place to wit; the
,
Bixt-v L‘ bushels of hundred corn, more or leas, in
c S ) 1UC K, five and pounds six bushels of fod of
der pea’s, more or less, of \V
levied on as the property E. .
.^^“Lem^h^Coutp'conrt in favor or M-C. Hatcher of against said
county Jthe’sam”
8
time and place one log
saw mill and fixtures, one holt, one
‘’^ndfot Xaid comity am*!
one-fourth interest in two hundred and
twelve acres of land, being uud parts hundred of lots
one hundred and ninety one district
a])(1 niuoty-two, in the Seventh
of said cotnty, making in the aggregate
two hundred and fifty-five and one-half
ertyVwiniam 1 Carter to satwfy'a TL
issued from tiie Supeiior Court of said
a s'a/WiTliain B. Carter. A. HARTLEY, ^
Feby. 27th 1888. Sticxiff.
Lumber For Sale!
YANE U hundred and fifty thousand feet
of Lumber for Sale. 1’iices Ii7 1-2 GO
75 cts per hundred. On the A. F. Kail
oad, 21-2 miles south of Knoxville.
MATHEWS & DAN1 ELLY
WHY YOU SHOULD INSURE
--IK THE
UNION CENTRAL LIFE
First— It is a safe company. The laws
Ohio, regulating where life it is insurance located, investments strin¬ in
are more
gent than than those or any other State.
Not a dollar can be invested in railroad
stocks or bonus,
fcECOXw—it is a cautious company. Its
death rate is almost one-third less than
xpcctation Table of Mortality, anil
loss than that of any other company in
the United States.
Tkiiu —it i s an ably managed eompa
ny. For several years pas tits funds li-'ve
been so invested as to of yield over seven
and a half per cent, nearly two per
cent, move then the average of the East¬
ern Conoound companies. Interest The prodigious this, high benefits
of at rate
-are Fourth— shared by Its each policy-holder. Capital
policies lias are demonstrated In¬
vestments. It been
that a limited payment Life-IiateEndow¬
ment better Policy in the Union cent, Central pays
than i per government
bonds, protection besides of furnishing the constant
insurance.
Fifth— it is a Liberal Com 1 any. Its
policies are incontestible and non-forfeit*
able, and theie are mo restrictions what¬
ever with regard to residence or travel
after a policy lias been issued.
W. P. BLAS1NGAME, Agent.
I am now prepared to do Repairing of
BOOTS, SHOES if*
— AND —
HARNESS
With Neatness and Despatch. Call or.
me at the Rost Offi< e when you wish any
work of this kind done.
J. II- HOLT.
UNT OTIC K
If you want Honest Goods at Reasonable
Prices you will find them at my store cm
my Plantation three miles North-east of
town. Good Coffee 25c. Karcsine 20c.
Li. L. Bryant.
THE OLD RELIABLE,
THE HA ERLS HOUSE.
KNOXVILLE GEORGIA.
When you want a first class meal or &
good place Fiist to Class sleep Fare, come to the Harris
House. Comfortable
Rooms, Reasonable Excelled Charges, Accouhih?
dations Not !
ill -tr.v hi
i a 1/0* in
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