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TOWN AND COUNTY.
What the People are Doing and
Talking About.
THE TIMES IN CRAWFORD.
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8$ocietv Nrwn and XeisMior
hood rS'os cs,—Persona*
Ueiuinn. .
Three weeks til court.
We have had all kinds of weather thi s
week.
Miss Mollie Grace, after , a visit ... of . some
days in the eoUutry, has returned to town.
A second attempt to organize an A1U
mice club at Sandy Point has proved . un
successful.
Rev. A: C.'Wei tons preached to a thor¬
oughly appreciative aiplietjce on Saturday
night and Sunday.
Col, 0. P. Wright made a trip : to the
Central City the first of the week on ,husi
ness connected with his profession.
Trade has. heon much better here this
spring than usual. Even be talk of
building a railroad helped Knoxville.
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The convict camp has been moved to a
point on the railroad several miles north of
town, the,grading near here having been
finished.
A saw mill has been set dowu on tho.
other side of Clark’s mill for the purpose
of making crossties for the new A. & F.
Railroad,
The March winds must have been very
severe over in Bibb county, near Warrior.
Rill Eubanks said tbo wind blew the tires
off, his buggy.
Ol. L. D. Moor.*, of Macon, came out
Sunday to see old friends. Mr. Moore is
a very popular lawyer, ami he numbers
Hv friends out here by the score,
Somehow or other a report has been in
circulation to the effect that Judge Gnstiji
would resign his judgeship. From parties
who claim to know, we tearn that,there is
no.truth in the rumor.
Mr. Ira Jennings, the mail carrier be
tween this place and Macpn, is a reporter
fcv the Macou.Telegraphj^and most of our
efizens will bear us ont.in the statement
that he misrepresents matters in almost
every instance.
Judge Clark, of the soutu-ern portion of
the coiuitv, paid us a pleasant visit on
Saturday. The Judge had not had an
opportunity before to subscribe for the
pnper, but he, gave us the dollar and
wished us well.
An Ohio man who, claimed tq bs selling
fruit trees was,,here the first.of the week,
and it is said by our politicians that the
Ohio man was trvipg harder to work up
lentiment in favor of Blaine than he -was
to sell fruit trees. He sold no trees, and
l ad equally as good political success
Mr. P-. H. Ray, of the large commission
firm of Coleman Ray & Co., spent several
days here this week with kin-- folks. Mr
.Ray has a good deal of property "ear
town, and lias so much confidence in the
wp-bmlding ol the place that lie is making
preparations (or extensive improvements
Good Fishing.
When a good many of our readers saw
in the laat.issue a statement to tho effect
that Messrs. H. I). McCrary, Joe Irby, J.
H.. Andrews and Clark Hicks had gone on
a big fishing expedition it was settled at
■stye as to what the reru’i of-.the trip would
It was decided belt re they went tha
the Flint river cats and jacks would have
to give up, lor that party always get
them.
The party worked ■ the lines Friday
night, and after breakfasting eight hungry
men they reached Knoxville wilh 32
pounds of the finuy tribe. Some who
know how to guage the appetite of a huu
gry fisherman say that there must have
been t<4 pound* caught in all.
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Important to Farmers.
Knoxville, Ga., Mch. 20, 1888.
“Mr. Editor :—I see in various farm jour
pis, statements and calculations showing
that poultry can be made,, vorv profitable
cn aoy fa)m< As j think of getting a
', ar g C number of fowls so that I msy go
into the business right, and not having
dec j ded w hat kind of fowls will do best
for me, I write to ask which you think will
Suit me best,,'’ B.
Knoxville, Ga , Mch. 21,_ 1888.
Mr.— i—
Ppar Sir:—
4 I tam glad to
,, know,that , yen want . -to . fina „ , :onfc-«*wbwa» t , .
editor tninks on a matter of this kind, and
feel flattered to discover one who really is
willing to attach any importance to an ed
f tor - 8 op - m fo u> Most people think an
cc [jtor knows nothing of any consequence
except a few political points in which the
tariff forms a conspicuous part, and they
believe he shows more ignorance about
that than be does about other matters.
I will endeavor to give a comprehensive
answer to your implied question concern
ing the raising of poultry, for it is one of
the most important branches of husbandry.
Having had au extensive experience in
the raising and extermination of certain
kinds of (what Northern people call) barn¬
yard fowls (which in the freehand glorious.
Sunny South have more liberty • even
thronging the side-walks of booming towns
the size of Knoxville, and assumiug prom¬
inent places in kitchens and elsewhere) we
will give you tho advantage of our ,ob
serrations.
: Oue firsts pet was a game rooster, aod
we tried this breed long enough to learn
of their benefit to. society., Tire, grime is
very efficacious in ridding your yard of
festive night warbler, otherwise known as
the cat, and now and then will gin the
wool- off a dog that, is looking for a hen’s
nest. Ho is never known to attack any
tuing larger than an elephant.. The breed
is very prolific and hardy. Do not .fling
brick-bats in scaring them oot of youi gar
den - for il wiil luiu the bricks if Y 0 " h T
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pen to hit the fowls. Tho game breed
also useful where you have bad children,
for he, will frequentljfogiae-yonr offspring
a better whipping than you would,
Ducks are, in some respects, very good
fowls. Some people claim to make them
pay, but I would not like to try to collect
a debt of a duck. It might payyyou to
raise .wild ducks. Care should bo exercised
in the way yon manage them. Tbo more
yml let tllcm a fo ne ttle better they will do.
and , D preparing them for market you
b h oll ui exercise y our.best judgment. • There
ig move fun in shooting them with a gun
t b an j a running then. down,
Geese are a kind of fowl that I am fully
prepared to advise about. There are, sev-.
eral breeds of geese, and I know right now
you will buy the - wrong bread- Some
geese have whiskers. Let them alone.
Probably you,get lonesome some times.
SQ buy two or throe thougand at Knoxville
and tUey wW ke0 p you in a high state-of
fuuljn . s< Goese aro groatJy pv ' lze d for their
fuatheMj and yoU can make mo ney
feathers, A goose that has been- alive
ever since the Revolutionary war has borne
enough,feathers up to this time to stuff a
pillow,. This is a fact in history. I owe
my success in life to, a, flock of geese. I
(ived at, a place who re'poo pie loved them
and kept them. I was a romantic youth,
I would start to dreaming every night
about some girl as beautiful■ anti as good
as an angel, and would get lo the place
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F. ffi WBIGHf, ^
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KNOXVILLE, - GEORGIA.
DEALER. IN,
Fancy art Family Groceries s
STAPLE m FANCY DRY GOODS,
HARDWARE. ETC.
I keep an assortment of General Merchandise, «nd try to suit
.everybotlyT'otk ia iiuality of goods and in prices.- I:have now.
on hand a lot of Fresh Garden Seeb% also a variety of
Farm Tools
of ?* he. best makes which I sell cheap. Call on me.
F. H. WEIGHT, Knoxville, Ga.
where I came in as a great hero—when
squawk 1 the geese would awaken me, and
j w 0 «ld toK(ia matter-of-fact view of life
Geese drove all romance-out of me. Geese
are sensible creatures. They know when
you ought, to get out of bed and go to
work; and if you have plenty of them they
will make you think the Ku Klux have
come about daybreak of a-morning, and
you will not sleep any more. In that re¬
spect they did me much good. If the geese
on your plaelation are too noisy for you,
why then you can go somewhere else to
sleep.
Having given you the ideas which most
readily suggested themselves to me, I leave
you to think over the advice herein con¬
tained. Yours truly, Editor.
Rearly, an Even Trade.
From the Detroit Free Press.
“ Those Western fellows can give us
tweiny-five points and then heat us every
game,” said a Detroit real estate agent
who returned from a Western trip yes¬
terday.
“What do you mean ?" was askod.
“I mean check,” ho replied 1 “I had
speculation-in.,my eye when I went West,
but ,I got seamd: before I reached-St. Paul.
Why, sir, there were na less than thirteen
real estate agents in my coach,, and - every
one made a dead set at me. One chap
who wanted to sell me business property
in St. Paul was the best talker I have ev¬
er heard- I looked up -the laud after I
got there, and it was just eleven miles from
the center of the city. Some ot the pieces
of surburban property mentioned to me at
a bargain were forty miles away. They
took it as an insult if you wanted to ride
out to sec the property.”
“And didn’t you buy?”.
‘ Yes... At Kansas City a man stumped
me to trade a piece of land I had in Sagi¬
naw county for a suburban farm he had
there. It was unsight and unseen.”
“And did yon,make or lose ?”.
“Ck, I came out about even, I guess.
His suburban f..rm was a hill in Arkansas,
while my Michigan farm was a cat-tail
swamp two feet under water the year
round. We are both trying to sell to sec¬
ond parties now, and perhaps the man
who gets my,hid will arrange to, Allan for
the man who gets the swamp.”
Anoi-Uer siiiash-ap.
At Brunswick ■ Monday afternoon
Brunswick and Western train coming in
ran into thc-rear coaeh of- the, Savannah,
Florida and Western that was just prepar¬
ing,to pull out for, Jacksonville Tho en¬
gineer says -the breaks would not work.
crash smashed the cowcatcher of the
Brunswick and Western and knocked off
the stepqfrom tho Savannah, Florida -and
Westerib-slceper. All the passengers were
jarred and one old, lady was considerably
bruised)
Q.P. WRIGHT,
LAWYER,
KNOXVILLE, ----- GEORGIA.
Office in the Court House. fb27
W. P. BLASINGAME,
Attorney, at Law,
KNOXVILLE, GEORGIA.
entrusted Prompt attention given to all business
to his care. jy2T
DR J. W. JONES,
KNOXVILLE, ------GEORGIA
Calls promptly attended day and night'.
GEO. L. SAWYER,
Physician^ Surgeon a
KNOXVILLE, GA.,
Patronage respectfully solicited. fb3
The Knoxville Drag Sore
Is the place where you can always find
Reliable Goods.
Besides Drugs and Medicines 'I keep
GROCERIES, DRY GOODS, NOTIONS,
SHOES, HATS &c.
Whenever you-comc to town come to see -I
j. w. BLAS1NGAME.
MONEY TO L©»;
I am prepared to loan money
on - improved ' farms i to the
amount of S§?00 and upwards- |
on most liberal terms. I rep¬
resent the Georgia Loan & Trus fc
Co. ‘“f Amerieui, Ga., a char
tered institution of the State.
T will guarantee that our com¬
missions are at* least from two
to three per cent cheaper than
that of any other ompany. Pay T~ .
merits can be, made at any time,
whenever, and the loan desired. may be. Quit taken the up |
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warehouse and try us. We are
cheaper ana give you more lib- -
erty, and we don’t want your
land. The warehouses .are get
tfagit. Walter P.Blasingame
Mill HUL
FGRlSALE
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