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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 > 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 ; 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..