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THE KNOXVILLE JOURNAL.
VOLUME I.
CULLODEN RAIDED
By a Band of Bold Burglars
and Safe Blowers.
A LETTER FROM NEWTON
A Little Negro Shot at Feres
—Courting in an Ox
Cart.
Hammock’s Hist., March 6th,—M e. Ed¬
itor : If anything- has appeared? iii your
Interesting paper from this section of our
eounty it has escaped me ;.itr has -somewhat
surprised me too, because if the county
Were quartered into four sections, this, the
North-west, would embrace tlie most pro¬
ductive lands- and pay more taxes than
either of the other sections. But nothing
farther of.this-, for it may bo making in
vidnous--comparisons, or opening a wide
field for flings and criticisms; I- only men¬
tioned it to give a handle to my expressed
surprise tba r - the best part of the comity
had not yet seen-itself in print. But I
guess it is owing to the great modesty that
reigns supreme in these pans ; or it may
he the very busy season into which wo
are gliiing that makes us all think more
of ploughing.than, writing:. Bo all that as
it may the farmers are taking hold of the
new year with a rehewed vigor- and effort
which, if followed to the end, and properly
hedged round, shingled over, and under¬
pinned with economy will wipe out the
failures and defeats of last year, and strike
from our County Records a. long list of
mortgages and enable the husband's and
fathers in our good old County to stand
before their wives and children in the
proud light of being undisputed “lords of
tSer manor.”
Brother farmers let us all get there.
Productive lands, well directed labor, and
rigid ocouomy will bring independence to
all, and a severance from warehousemen,
and commission merchants, who, above all
are the Upas Trees beneath whose shad¬
ows the farmers are dying. They should
he our servaufs-rathor than we remain their
slaves, We should not subject our inter¬
ests to the dreadful extortion they practice
upon us. »
I am glad to see the commendable stand
your citizens are taking- for building up
Knoxville. Every citizen should feel pride
in the thrift and progress of his County
Town for it is generally a fair index of, the
thrift and condition of the entire County
Let the good work go on;
I am glad that we have, at last, in our
county a good newspaper. I hope our
oitizens will appreciate it and do themselves
and their county good service by patron¬
izing and upholding you.
Have just heard, that the professional
burglar got-in some of his dirty though
shrewd work in Gulloden last night. ’The
safes of Messrs. Colbert & Woodward, and
J. O. Holmes-were blown open and the
eontents taken. I. have not heard the
particulars prised, however, Culloden for she should blossomed, not be sur¬
into a
oity several months ago, "and may expect
some of the evils of greatness,. M.
Later.—Tha robbers last night got-away
with about $160 in cash of Colbert &
Woodward’s money, two fine breechload¬
ing shot guns, and about fifty dollars
worth of goods, Mr. J,, 0-. Holmes- lost
about $30 in cash and twenty dollars
worth of other things. The theft was
committed about 8 o’clock this morning;
several parties In town heard the explo¬
sion. The thieves also broke two locks to
get to Mr. Norwood’s horse and buggy,
-which they also carried off. The horse
and buggy, however, have been recovered.
KNOXVILLE, GEORGIA., MARCB 9,- 1888
Heins From Ceres.
A little girl in our academy was being
reproved’ very sharply by her teacher con
cermng an lmp-erfect recitation, when she
interrupted by saying‘‘Now Miss—if you
me alone, and send me back to
my seat, I’ll bring you ft great big tater in
the morning.”
Miss Florence Wright, a charming
young lady of Knoxvilie, is visiting onr
town this week the guest of Mrs. M. .T
Moore.
Last Saturday while Master Charlie was
.passing through our town in an ox cart he
stopped at the gate in front of Mr.—resi¬
lience. and soon Miss—came tripping out
and when she was safely seated on a sack
of meal he perched his Royal Majesty on
on the cart tongue, flourished nis hurrah
pole a few rounds and the gallant steeds
off at the rale of two miles-per. hour.
The scene was a novel one. but they en¬
joyed it finely.
Miss Mattie Lon Hatcher, as- accorn
plisbed young lady of our town,, after a
long visit with, her many friends of Mon¬
roe county, returned home last Saturday.
Last Sunday night all the business
houses.of CilUodon except one were broken
in and robbed of all their money, and
many alnable articles of merchandise.
After this they broke the lock on Mr. Nor¬
wood’s stable, look his fine horse and left
for parts unknown
John Jefferson and Newton Allen, two
small cuffoes living on the plantation ol
Mrs. Sarah Persons, were out hunting a
few days ago. The gun-was accidentally
discharged, and its contents, three slugs,
entered the body of Newton Allen, on the
left side near the base of the sternum bone,
inflicting quite a dangerous wound. Dr.
T. J. Dewberry was called in and dressed
the wounds. of the The boy is.now improving.
One. courting young men of our
town visited his. Taylor county girl last
Saturday. Ho came bad: with- an unusu¬
ally cheerful countenance, and could not
repress a broad “batter cake” smile as he
said “she took me to ride.”
Newton Ga. March. 2—I notice ex¬
tracts from your paper, and in this way,
I. have learned that you have established a
paper in Knuxviflc, and that yonr people
are soon to have a railroad there.
It gives me much pleasure to note-the
dawn of prosperity, ou that old. town and
county. 1 fiist saw. the light of this world
in the county of Crawford, and-my child¬
hood and early manhood was passed in
that county. Knoxville was (lie first town
1 ever saw,.although not much of a town
at that time, or since, it. was the first that
1 saw. It has been thirty one years since
I left Knoxville, and I. have never been
back but once since. That was in 1858
But many fond uienniries of the old town
and of the incidents and of the people and
things that happened wiiliiu my reccollec
Bon during the period that i lived tn the
W-nnty, and in the town,.are ns fiesh in my
memory to-day friends as they were then. Most
all of my there have passed away,
and when 1 think of this it causes a feeling
of sadness to pass over mo. I would like
to visit the town again, and noto the
changes. lam.sure it would bea pleasure
to me,.though mingled with sadness, at
not finding those whom I left there, when.
1 came away. There I left the boys who
played, with. with, went to school and often
fought They were dear to me, and
though, they have given up lites fitful
dream, I. hold their memory very dear yet
But I digress, I started, out to congratu¬
late you, and through your paper, the
town and county, upon the bright future
that seems-to await you, and them.
Old coi#nty,.old town,J> love you, I.love
your Irejoice. people. When thou, art prosperous
has dawned May the light ofprosperity which.
upon. you s rise higher, and
higher, until you stand full in line and
up abreast with any county and town in
the State. And you Mr. Editor; may
success in its fullest sense, attend you in
your enterprise.
A STRANGE PLACE*
£j ch HilI k Crawford Count} J
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the Place..
NEWS ™m~TAYL0R’S.
The Farmers Organize an Al¬
liance Society—Other
Matters.
The firming interest of our community
has been- smartly impa led by the rain of
Sunday night, though at this writing the
’“lowering clouds" have given way to a
great extent, and we are able to resume
farm work. Many of our sterling farmers
have planted corn, and others lire waiting
.for their lands to dry off. There is great
vim manifested this year among the farm¬
and there will I am be a
stone left unturned in order to extricate
themselves from the oppression they have
so long borne. To prove the assertion,.the
.announcement of a lcctuih at Society Hill
church-on Farmers’s Alliance the 6th iust.
brought some 60 of our sturdy farmers
together. After an-hour’s talk by J. A. J.
Ross wo were forced to give in to the idea
that in union there is strength; which
resulted in forming a lodge of twelve mem¬
bers. .Others spoke favorably of joining,
and we dare say we will in tile near future
have 100 members.
The farmer feels the yoke of tyranny,
and all ho wants is to see a way by which
he can be relieved from his bondage.
The choice of officers resulted in elect¬
ing T 0. Vinson, President; Jas. Taylor
i
Vico President; C. S. Taylor, Secretary;
D. A. Mequirk, Treasurer; Z.T.Anltman,
Chap; -H, U. Sanders, Sect; I. M. Gibson,
Asst. See ; C. A, Aiilttuan. Door Keeper ;
N. O. Bryant, Asst D. K.
Professor Ross made quite a pointed
lecture, and it was marked with so many
■ acts that the farmers were compelled-to
ay aside their prejudices and give iii to
undisputed facta.- Wo hope that the lamp
which guidet our footsteps, and which has
so nearly gone out, will burst forth with
renewed splendor and give life and vigor
to the tiller of the soil. There is a bidden
cause, for. our present condition, and we
think all the farmer, needs is to be shown
this, and he will labor to redeem-himself.
The use of fertilize-s is- being increased
in this locality, and the stock being short,
many of the farmers will fail 'to get the
desired quantity. The oat crop is exceed¬
ingly tine, and bids fair for a good harvest.
Dove shooting is the amusement of some
of out boys,-, and we will nave a corps from
Macon, to join us tbi- latter part of the
week-.
The Joorxat, seems- to be road with in¬
terest by bur citizens, all proud to hear of
Knoxville’s boom. We lMnk she needs a
second growth. Enterprise.
Rambles ou Kich Hilt
Being so far removed from railroad fa¬
cilities, and owing.to the way the trade of
this section has- boon conducted, little has
been, learned.of;Crawford county by the
outside world?
Probably very few people outside of.
the county ever heard' of Rich hill, and
this curious- locality, which .would-charm
the eye of a naturalist, and- which.is a
place of wonders to the average citizen,
has-remained unnoticed for ages, save by
a few who looked upon the place with
mingled feelings of mistrust and awe.
Rich hill is about five miles south-east
of Knoxville, and is the summit and cuL
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NUMBER 1.
mination of a ridge that reaches for miles
northward. The hill is several hundred
feet higher than the average coifnfrv, and
its summit is a level plateau of about
forty acres extent. The sides of the hill
show extensive deposits of sea shells and
lime. Out of the lime rock rock have beeu
taken the teeth and bones of (supposed) gi¬
gantic sea monsters and bones of unknown,
animals. The groiind is covered with
lime and decomposed shells to a depth of
several feet, am! the great caves in tl 9
earth, which are constantly sinking and
changing, make il#a strange and gloomy
place.. The writer, in company with sev
esal other gentlemen, visited Ike hill some
days ago and picked up some strange look¬
ing bones- and some sharks’ teeth, besides
other smaller curiosities.
The crowu of the hill was years ago a
fertile and productive farm and everybody
of the marvelously fine fruit that has
been grown up there, and even now there
are some ancient trees on Rich hill that
bear the best fruit in ail the-country. A
well 140 feet deep which was dug on the
-side of the hill close to the wagon road
that led to Fort Valley caved in some
years ago on a large scale. About an acre
of land sank far down i ato the earth, car
vying with it the road, and leaving no
place for another. From the hill the elec¬
tric-lights. in Macon, tweuty.-tkrec miles
away, can bo plainly seen, and the trains
on the Southwcsaern road»can be tracked,
in their course by the smoke as it flows
from the Ibcomot.ives.
Laying aside all romantic ideas, and
■looking at the place with a practical eye,,
we decidad that there were thousands of
dollars worth of lime easily attainable, and
a mine of decomposed shells and bone
dust, worth an untold -'amount to the far¬
mer, if utilized as a fertilizer.
The SJevonne 9£ill.
It is now clearly known what the ma
joritiy of the Ways and Means- Committee
propose in the way of a. reduction of the
surplus. The tariff bill, which was pre¬
sented to the full committee on Thursday
last, reduces the revenue from customs
about $50,000,000, but an increase of
about $10,000,000 results from some of
the changes proposed, so that the reduc¬
tion is about $40,000,000. The bill that
was submitted to the Ways and Means
Committee yesterday makes a reduction
of about $26,000,000 in the internal rev
enue. Of this sum $20,000,000 comes •
from tobacco and $6,000,000 from fruit
brandies and other things. The total re¬
duction which the two bills make is be¬
tween $60,000,000 and $65,000,000.
They have been united and make one,
bill.
This is not as great a reduction as- there
should be. It is not as great as the sur¬
plus of the revenue is. The difficulties
which wilbbe encountered in passing any
tariff hill, however, makes it necessary for
the bill to he a conservative one.
Now .that it is known what is proposed:
in the way of tariff and internal revenue
legislation, the Democrats- should make
every etfort to harmonize whatever differ¬
ences they may have with regrad to thj
bill so as to insure its spesdy passage
through the house. The Republicans will:
of course oppose it, but when it is through
the House the Democrats will have done
their d-1!-, and if it is defeated in the
Senate the responsibility for a failure to>
reduce the surplus will reel upon the Re¬
publicans.— Savannah News..